The Life of Galileo

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April 29, 1964

1h 55m

Overview

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

Director

Writers

Ursula Gray, Bertolt Brecht, Harry Moore

Galileo

Narrator / Sagredo / Cardinal Bellarmin / Pamphleteer / Peasant

Andrea, the boy

Mrs. Sarti

Ludovico

Priuli, the Curator

The Doge / Christopher Clavius

Virginia

Matti

Senator

Prince Cosimo de Medici

Philosopher