Synopsis

Challenged by a new student, tutor and theorist Galileo co-opts emerging telescope technology and discovers irrefutable proof of the heretical notion that the earth is not the center of the universe. But in a rigid society ruled by an uneasy alliance of aristocracy and clergy already undermined by the Plague and the Reformation, science is a threat and enlightenment is a luxury. Faced with either death at the hands of the Inquisition or recantation to a hypocritical but all-powerful Papacy, Galileo must choose between his own life and the restless scientific curiosity that he has spurned family, friends, and wealth to pursue.

Main Cast

Topol

Galileo Galilei

Age : N/A | Popularity : 29%

Edward Fox

Cardinal Inquisitor

Age : N/A | Popularity : 70%

Colin Blakely

Priuli

Age : 56 | Popularity : 43%

Georgia Brown

Ballad Singer's Wife

Age : 58 | Popularity : 23%

Clive Revill

Ballad Singer

Age : N/A | Popularity : 7%

Margaret Leighton

Elderly Court Lady

Age : 53 | Popularity : 34%

John Gielgud

The Old Cardinal

Age : 96 | Popularity : 100%

Michael Gough

Sagredo

Age : N/A | Popularity : 4%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Joseph Losey
Camera	Director of Photography	Michael Reed
	Focus Puller	Ron Drinkwater
Art	Production Design	Richard Macdonald
Editing	Editor	Reginald Beck
Writing	Writer	Barbara Bray Joseph Losey
	Theatre Play	Bertolt Brecht
Sound	Original Music Composer	Richard Hartley Hanns Eisler
Department	Role	Name

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