Galileo

movie

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.

Cast & crew

Chaim Topol · Clive Revill · Colin Blakely · Edward Fox · Georgia Brown · John Gielgud · Margaret Leighton · Michael Gough · Michael Lonsdale · Richard O'Callaghan · Joseph Losey · Barbara Bray

Studios & networks

Cinévision Ltée · The American Film Theatre · The Ely Landau Organization Inc.