Movie, 1964
The Life of Galileo
115 min, Drama, United Kingdom
BBC version of Brecht's epic account of Galileo's persecution for his 'heretical' idea that the earth moved around the sun.
Cast
12 credited
Leo McKern
Galileo
Nigel Stock
Narrator / Sagredo / Cardinal Bellarmin / Pamphleteer / Peasant
Fergus McClelland
Andrea, the boy
Rosalie Crutchley
Mrs. Sarti
George Roubicek
Ludovico
Anthony Morton
Priuli, the Curator
PE
Paul Endersby
The Doge / Christopher Clavius
SS
Sheila Shand Gibbs
Virginia
MS
Martin Sterndale
Matti
Michael Peake
Senator
DR
Darryl Read
Prince Cosimo de Medici
Vernon Dobtcheff
Philosopher
Details
DirectorCharles Jarrott
WritersUrsula Gray, Bertolt Brecht, Harry Moore
GenreDrama
Runtime115 min
ReleasedWed, Apr 29, 1964
CountryUnited Kingdom
