Galileo
Release Date: 1975-01-27
Overview: 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.
Rating: 5.9 / 10
Cast
Chaim Topol
as Galileo Galilei
Edward Fox
as Cardinal Inquisitor
Colin Blakely
as Priuli
Georgia Brown
as Ballad Singer's Wife
Clive Revill
as Ballad Singer
Crew
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Reginald Beck - Editor
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Joseph Losey - Writer
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Michael Reed - Director of Photography
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Joseph Losey - Director
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Richard Macdonald - Production Design
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