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Galileo

59 %|Jan 27, 1975|Drama, History

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.

Featured Crew

Michael Reed
Director of Photography
Joseph Losey
Writer
Joseph Losey
Director
Reginald Beck
Editor
Barbara Bray
Writer
Richard Macdonald
Production Design
Bertolt Brecht
Theatre Play
Ron Drinkwater
Focus Puller

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Cast

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Topol
Galileo Galilei
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Edward Fox
Cardinal Inquisitor
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Georgia Brown
Ballad Singer's Wife
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Clive Revill
Ballad Singer
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Margaret Leighton
Elderly Court Lady
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John Gielgud
The Old Cardinal
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Michael Lonsdale
Cardinal Barberini (later Pope Urban VIII)
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Tim Woodward
Ludovico Marsili
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Judy Parfitt
Angelica Sarti
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John McEnery
Federzoni
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Patrick Magee
Cardinal Bellarmin
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Mary Larkin
Virginia