Galileo(Movie, 1975)

Name: Galileo
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1975
Duration: T02:25:00
Rating: 2.9

| 2h 25min | Genres: Drama, History

Rating: 2.9/5 (with 6 votes)

Galileo is a 1975 biographical film about the 16th- and 17th-century scientist Galileo Galilei, whose astronomical observations with the newly invented telescope led to a profound conflict with the Roman Catholic Church. The film is an adaptation of Bertolt Brecht's 1943 play of the same name. The film was produced by Ely Landau for the American Film Theatre, which presented thirteen film adaptations of plays in the United States from 1973 to 1975. Brecht's play was recently called a "masterpiece" by veteran theater critic Michael Billington, as Martin Esslin had in 1960. The film's director, Joseph Losey, had also directed the first performances of the play in 1947 in the US — with Brecht's active participation. The film is fairly true to those first performances, and is thus of historical significance as well. ()

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About Galileo

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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Galileo (1975) ORIGINAL Trailer(Trailer, 3:29)

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Production country: United Kingdom (UK)

Made by: Cinévision Ltée, The American Film Theatre

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 6 languages: Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Korean (KO), Portuguese (PT)

Status: Released

Release date US: 01/27/1975

Appearing Characters: Galileo Galilei, Robert Bellarmine, Urban VIII, Giovanni Francesco Sagredo

Cast: Chaim Topol, Edward Fox, John Gielgud, Tom Conti, Margaret Leighton, Colin Blakely, Georgia Brown, Michael Gough, Patrick Magee, Clive Revill, Michael Lonsdale, John McEnery, John Moffatt, Judy Parfitt, Richard O'Callaghan, Job Stewart, James Aubrey

Director: Joseph Losey

Producer: Ely Landau

Screenwriter: Joseph Losey

Film Editor: Reginald Beck

Director of Photography: Michael Reed

Composer: Hanns Eisler

Keywords: inquisition, solar system, church, pope

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Galileo(Movie, 1975)

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