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.
Credits
Galileo Cast
| Name |
Character |
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Chaim Topol
He was 39, now 89 years old
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as Galileo Galilei |
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Georgia Brown
She was 5, 12 years old when she died
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as Ballad Singer's Wife |
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Edward Fox
He was 37, now 87 years old
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as Cardinal Inquisitor |
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John Gielgud
He was 70, 96 years old when he died
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as The Old Cardinal |
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Clive Revill
He was 44, now 94 years old
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as Ballad Singer |
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Michael Lonsdale
He was 43, now 93 years old
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as Cardinal Barberini (later Pope Urban VIII) |
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Colin Blakely
He was 44, 56 years old when he died
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as Priuli |
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Patrick Magee
He was 52, 60 years old when he died
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as Cardinal Bellarmin |
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Margaret Leighton
She was 52, 53 years old when she died
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as Elderly Court Lady |
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Michael Gough
He was 58, 94 years old when he died
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as Sagredo |
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Mary Larkin
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as Virginia |
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John McEnery
He was 31, 75 years old when he died
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as Federzoni |
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Tim Woodward
He was 21, now 71 years old
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as Ludovico Marsili |
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Richard O'Callaghan
He was 34, now 84 years old
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as Fulganzio |
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Judy Parfitt
She was 39, now 89 years old
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as Angelica Sarti |
Galileo Crew
| Name |
Department |
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Michael Reed as Director of Photography. He was 45 (now 95) years old
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Camera |
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Bertolt Brecht as Theatre Play. He was 76 (58) years old when He died
|
Writing |
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Joseph Losey as Director. He was 66 (75) years old when He died
|
Directing |
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Joseph Losey as Writer. He was 66 (75) years old when He died
|
Writing |
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Reginald Beck as Editor. He was 72 (90) years old when He died
|
Editing |
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Barbara Bray as Writer. She was 50 (85) years old when She died
|
Writing |
