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Galileo (1975)

PG ★ 6.0/10 145 min Drama, History United Kingdom English
Director: Joseph Losey
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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.

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Chaim Topol
Chaim Topol Galileo Galilei
Edward Fox
Edward Fox Cardinal Inquisitor
Colin Blakely
Colin Blakely Priuli
Georgia Brown
Georgia Brown Ballad Singer's Wife
Clive Revill
Clive Revill Ballad Singer
Margaret Leighton
Margaret Leighton Elderly Court Lady
John Gielgud
John Gielgud The Old Cardinal
Michael Gough
Michael Gough Sagredo

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