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Galileo

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.

Top Cast

  • Chaim Topol

    Chaim Topol

    Galileo Galilei

  • Edward Fox

    Edward Fox

    Cardinal Inquisitor

  • Colin Blakely

    Colin Blakely

    Priuli

  • Georgia Brown

    Georgia Brown

    Ballad Singer's Wife

  • Clive Revill

    Clive Revill

    Ballad Singer

  • Margaret Leighton

    Margaret Leighton

    Elderly Court Lady

  • John Gielgud

    John Gielgud

    The Old Cardinal

  • Michael Gough

    Michael Gough

    Sagredo

  • Michael Lonsdale

    Michael Lonsdale

    Cardinal Barberini (later Pope Urban VIII)

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.

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