UK,
1975, 145 min
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)
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