Film · 1975 · 2h 25m

Galileo

Name: Galileo
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1975-01-27
Duration: 2 h 25 min
Cast: Chaim Topol, Edward Fox, Colin Blakely, Georgia Brown, Clive Revill

Drama History

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Synopsis

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.