Galileo

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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.

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Creators

Joseph Losey

director

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Barbara Bray

writer

Joseph Losey

writer

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Bertolt Brecht

writer

Cast

Chaim Topol actor Edward Fox actor Colin Blakely actor Georgia Brown actor Clive Revill actor Margaret Leighton actor John Gielgud actor Michael Gough actor Michael Lonsdale actor Richard O'Callaghan actor Tim Woodward actor Judy Parfitt actor John McEnery actor

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Patrick Magee actor Mary Larkin actor

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Madeline Smith actor