Plot:

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.

Tags:

Actors - Crew

Topol
Galileo Galilei

Edward Fox
Cardinal Inquisitor

Colin Blakely
Priuli

Georgia Brown
Ballad Singer's Wife

Clive Revill
Ballad Singer

Margaret Leighton
Elderly Court Lady

Michael Reed
Director of Photography

Joseph Losey
Writer

Reginald Beck
Editor

Barbara Bray
Writer

Richard Macdonald
Production Design

Bertolt Brecht
Theatre Play

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