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Galileo (1975) This biopic is about Galileo Galilei, the seventeenth century Italian who laid the foundations of modern

Galileo (1975)

This biopic is about Galileo Galilei, the seventeenth century Italian who laid the foundations of modern science. Galileo made himself one of the world's first telescopes and discovered the moons of Jupiter. He supported Copernicu...

Cast:
Galileo Galilei: Topol
Cardinal Inquisitor: Edward Fox
Priuli: Colin Blakely
Ballad Singer's Wife: Georgia Brown
Ballad Singer: Clive Revill
Elderly Court Lady: Margaret Leighton
The Old Cardinal: John Gielgud
Sagredo: Michael Gough
Cardinal Barberini (later Pope Urban VIII): Michael Lonsdale
Fulganzio: Richard O'Callaghan
Ludovico Marsili: Tim Woodward
Angelica Sarti: Judy Parfitt
Federzoni: John McEnery
Cardinal Bellarmin: Patrick Magee
Virginia: Mary Larkin
Andrea Sarti (boy): Iain Travers
Andrea Sarti (man): Tom Conti
Monk-Scholar: Job Stewart
Fat Prelate: Robert Bridges
Town Crier: Tom Chatto
Choirboy: Robert Owens
Mathematician: Paul Curran
Third Sacristan: Mischa De La Motte
Peasant: Richard Dennis
First Secretary: Vernon Dobtcheff
First Sacristan: William Gossling
Second Sacristan: Brian Hawksley
Infuriated Monk: Basil Henson
Duke Cosimo di Medici: Ian Hoare
Second Secretary-Informer: Harold Innocent
Philosopher: John Moffatt
Fourth Sacristan: Maurice Quick
Vanni: Ronald Radd
Second Senator: John Savident
First Senator: Norman Scace
Monk Official: John Sharp
Young Court Lady: Madeline Smith
Court Lady: Peggy Thorpe-Bates
Supporting Monk: Bill Wallis
Rector-Gaffone: Charles West
Guard: Peter Hannon
Father Clavius: Henry Woolf
Court Official: Ken Wynne
Bit part: Bob Raymond
Woman: Aileen Lewis
Florentine Official: John Tatham

Written by: Barbara Bray, Bertolt Brecht, Charles Laughton

Director: Joseph Losey

Production: The American Film Theatre, Cinévision Ltée

Release date: 27 May 1976
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