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](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/402/163402742_9fa4f9.jpg)
Chaim Topol
Palestine
Best movies:
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
Left Luggage (1998)
Follow Me! (1972)
![John Gielgud](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/405/164405827_80acb2.png)
John Gielgud
UK
Best movies:
L'Homme éléphant (1980)
Gandhi (1982)
The Scarlet and the Black (1983) (TV movie)
![Edward Fox](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/564/164564144_e2a405.jpg)
Edward Fox
UK
Best movies:
The Audience (2013) (theatrical recording)
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Gandhi (1982)
![Colin Blakely](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/093/886/93886016_61beff.jpg)
Colin Blakely
UK
Best movies:
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
The Password is Courage (1962)
King Lear (1983) (TV movie)
![Margaret Leighton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/762/159762317_718a23.jpg)
Margaret Leighton
UK
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Best Man (1964)
Great Expectations (1974) (TV movie)
![Patrick Magee](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/824/160824455_e89989.jpg)
Patrick Magee
UK
Best movies:
Barry Lyndon (1975)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Cromwell (1970)
![Michael Lonsdale](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/363/162363245_51fe71.png)
Michael Lonsdale
France
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
The Name of the Rose (1986)
Order of the Daisy (1967)
![Judy Parfitt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272292_732db3.jpg)
Judy Parfitt
UK
Best movies:
Jonathan Creek (1997) (series)
Dolores Claiborne (1995)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
![Tom Conti](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/360/360376_bfb6d0.jpg)
Tom Conti
UK
Best movies:
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Ściana (1982) (TV movie)
Oppenheimer (2023)
![Michael Gough](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273017_6e4263.jpg)
Michael Gough
Malaysia
Best movies:
Corpse Bride (2005)
Out of Africa (1985)
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
![John McEnery](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/886/164886226_275b92.jpg)
John McEnery
UK
Best movies:
Romeo and Juliet (1968)
Othello (1965)
Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1998) (TV movie)
![Georgia Brown](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/127/158127238_1f61cd.jpg)
Georgia Brown
UK
Best movies:
The Raging Moon (1971)
A Study in Terror (1965)
Sherlock Holmes attaque l'Orient-Express (1976)
![Richard O'Callaghan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/533/160533380_534ea9.jpg)
Richard O'Callaghan
UK
Best movies:
Watership Down (1978)
Dangerous Beauty (1998)
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996) (series)
![Tim Woodward](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/687/162687701_2f5c6e.jpg)
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](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/473/473464_1d76f1.jpg)
Clive Revill
New Zealand
Best movies:
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Avanti! (1972)
Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
![Madeline Smith](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/873/164873048_ad37a5.jpg)
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](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/494/494695_35970a.jpg)
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)