Galileo

January. 27,1975      PG
Rating:
6.6
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Topol as  Galileo Galilei
Edward Fox as  Cardinal Inquisitor
Colin Blakely as  Priuli
Georgia Brown as  Ballad Singer's Wife
Clive Revill as  Ballad Singer
Margaret Leighton as  Elderly Court Lady
John Gielgud as  The Old Cardinal
Michael Gough as  Sagredo
Michael Lonsdale as  Cardinal Barberini (later Pope Urban VIII)
Richard O'Callaghan as  Fulganzio

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Reviews

Cubussoli
1975/01/27

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

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Unlimitedia
1975/01/28

Sick Product of a Sick System

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Pacionsbo
1975/01/29

Absolutely Fantastic

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Billy Ollie
1975/01/30

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

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