The Life of Galileo (1964)
BBC version of Brecht's epic account of Galileo's persecution for his 'heretical' idea that the earth moved around the sun.
- Released
- 1964-04-29
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Charles Jarrott
Cast
- Leo McKern as Galileo
- Nigel Stock as Narrator / Sagredo / Cardinal Bellarmin / Pamphleteer / Peasant
- Fergus McClelland as Andrea, the boy
- Rosalie Crutchley as Mrs. Sarti
- George Roubicek as Ludovico
- Anthony Morton as Priuli, the Curator
- Paul Endersby as The Doge / Christopher Clavius
- Sheila Shand Gibbs as Virginia
- Martin Sterndale as Matti
- Michael Peake as Senator
- Darryl Read as Prince Cosimo de Medici
- Vernon Dobtcheff as Philosopher