The Life of Galileo

0 %|Apr 29, 1964|Drama

BBC version of Brecht's epic account of Galileo's persecution for his 'heretical' idea that the earth moved around the sun.

Charles Jarrott

Director

Bertolt Brecht

Theatre Play

Ursula Gray

Adaptation

Charles Laughton

Translator

Peter Luke

Producer

Norman Kay

Music

Joyce Hammond

Costume Design

Christine Hillcoat

Makeup Artist

Cast

Galileo

Narrator / Sagredo / Cardinal Bellarmin / Pamphleteer / Peasant

Andrea, the boy

Mrs. Sarti

Ludovico

Priuli, the Curator

The Doge / Christopher Clavius

Virginia

Matti

Senator

Prince Cosimo de Medici

Philosopher