Name: Galileo
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1975-01-27
Duration: 145 min
Rating: 6.1
Cast: Chaim Topol, Edward Fox, Colin Blakely, Georgia Brown, Clive Revill

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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.

Theatrical

Jan 27, 1975

Director

Joseph Losey

Music

Hanns Eisler

Studio

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

Keywords

inquisition pope historical figure church solar system