Directed by:
Joseph LoseyCinematography:
Michael ReedComposer:
Richard HartleyCast:
Chaim Topol, John Gielgud, Edward Fox, Colin Blakely, Margaret Leighton, Patrick Magee, Michael Lonsdale, Judy Parfitt, Tom Conti, Michael Gough, John McEnery (more)Plots(1)
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. (Kino Lorber)
(more)Cast
Chaim Topol
Palestine
Best movies:
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
Left Luggage (1998)
Follow Me! (1972)
John Gielgud
UK
Best movies:
The Elephant Man (1980)
Gandhi (1982)
The Scarlet and the Black (1983) (TV movie)
Edward Fox
UK
Best movies:
National Theatre Live: The Audience (2013) (theatrical recording)
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Gandhi (1982)
Colin Blakely
UK
Best movies:
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
The Password is Courage (1962)
King Lear (1983) (TV movie)
Margaret Leighton
UK
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Best Man (1964)
Great Expectations (1974) (TV movie)
Patrick Magee
UK
Best movies:
Barry Lyndon (1975)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Cromwell (1970)
Michael Lonsdale
France
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
The Name of the Rose (1986)
Order of the Daisy (1967)
Judy Parfitt
UK
Best movies:
Jonathan Creek (1997) (series)
Dolores Claiborne (1995)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Tom Conti
UK
Best movies:
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Ściana (1982) (TV movie)
Oppenheimer (2023)
Michael Gough
Malaysia
Best movies:
Corpse Bride (2005)
Out of Africa (1985)
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
John McEnery
UK
Best movies:
Romeo and Juliet (1968)
Othello (1965)
Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1998) (TV movie)
Georgia Brown
UK
Best movies:
The Raging Moon (1971)
A Study in Terror (1965)
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)
Richard O'Callaghan
UK
Best movies:
Watership Down (1978)
Dangerous Beauty (1998)
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996) (series)
Tim Woodward
UK
Best movies:
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Murder Rooms: The Photographer's Chair (2001) (TV movie)
K-19 (2002)
James Aubrey
Austria
Best movies:
The Last Place on Earth (1985) (series)
Cry Freedom (1987)
The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (1980)
Clive Revill
New Zealand
Best movies:
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Avanti! (1972)
Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
Madeline Smith
UK
Best movies:
The Amazing Mr. Blunden (1972)
Live and Let Die (1973)
Theatre of Blood (1973)
Mary Larkin
Ireland
Best movies:
The Internecine Project (1974)
The McKenzie Break (1970)
X, Y and Zee (1972)
Vernon Dobtcheff
France
Best movies:
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
If Tomorrow Comes (1986) (series)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Robert Langdon Lloyd
Best movies:
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1999) (series)
Le Mahabharata (1989) (series)
Marat/Sade (1967)