Released:
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.

Director:
Joseph Losey

Runtime:
2h 25min

Genre:
Drama, History

• 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