The Life of Galileo
- Drama
4/29/1964
115
Storyline
BBC version of Brecht's epic account of Galileo's persecution for his 'heretical' idea that the earth moved around the sun.
- Director:
Cast
Leo McKernGalileo- Nigel StockNarrator / Sagredo / Cardinal Bellarmin / Pamphleteer / Peasant
- Fergus McClellandAndrea, the boy
Rosalie CrutchleyMrs. Sarti- George RoubicekLudovico
- Anthony MortonPriuli, the Curator
Paul EndersbyThe Doge / Christopher Clavius- Sheila Shand GibbsVirginia
- Martin SterndaleMatti
- Michael PeakeSenator
- Darryl ReadPrince Cosimo de Medici
- Vernon DobtcheffPhilosopher