Release Date

27 Jan, 1975

Runtime

02:25: (HH:MM)

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.

Original Title

Galileo

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Actors

Chaim Topol

Edward Fox

Colin Blakely

Georgia Brown

Clive Revill

Margaret Leighton

John Gielgud

Michael Gough

Michael Lonsdale

Richard O'Callaghan

Tim Woodward

Judy Parfitt

John McEnery

Patrick Magee

Mary Larkin

Madeline Smith

Crew

Reginald Beck

Joseph Losey

Michael Reed

Joseph Losey

Richard Macdonald

Barbara Bray

Bertolt Brecht

Ron Drinkwater

George Dean

Hanns Eisler

Richard Hartley