BBC version of Brecht's epic account of Galileo's persecution for his 'heretical' idea that the earth moved around the sun.
Cast:
Leo McKern, Nigel Stock, Fergus McClelland, Rosalie Crutchley, George Roubicek
Production:
BBC TV
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