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19752h 25mPGEnglish

Galileo

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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.

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DirectorJoseph Losey

Keywords

inquisitionpopehistorical figurechurchsolar system

Cast

Chaim Topol as Galileo Galilei

Chaim Topol

Galileo Galilei

Edward Fox as Cardinal Inquisitor

Edward Fox

Cardinal Inquisitor

Colin Blakely as Priuli

Colin Blakely

Priuli

Georgia Brown as Ballad Singer's Wife

Georgia Brown

Ballad Singer's Wife

Clive Revill as Ballad Singer

Clive Revill

Ballad Singer

Margaret Leighton as Elderly Court Lady

Margaret Leighton

Elderly Court Lady

John Gielgud as The Old Cardinal

John Gielgud

The Old Cardinal

Michael Gough as Sagredo

Michael Gough

Sagredo

Michael Lonsdale as Cardinal Barberini (later Pope Urban VIII)

Michael Lonsdale

Cardinal Barberini (later Pope Urban VIII)

Richard O'Callaghan as Fulganzio

Richard O'Callaghan

Fulganzio