Galileo
6.5
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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Cast
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Chaim Topol
Galileo Galilei
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Dolores Claiborne
Joseph Losey Director · Barbara Bray Writer Bertolt Brecht Author
United States release January 27, 1975 · Produced in United Kingdom, United States · Production Cinévision Ltée, The Ely Landau Organization Inc.
Production
The American Film Theatre
Production
Cinévision Ltée
Production
The Ely Landau Organization Inc.
Production
United Kingdom · United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · January 27, 1975
Theatrical
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