The Life of Galileo (1964)

Drama

BBC version of Brecht's epic account of Galileo's persecution for his 'heretical' idea that the earth moved around the sun.

Cast

Galileo
Narrator / Sagredo / Cardinal Bellarmin / Pamphleteer / Peasant
Prince Cosimo de Medici
Philosopher
Andrea, the boy
Priuli, the Curator
The Doge / Christopher Clavius

Crew

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