The Life of Galileo

Overview

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

Key Crew

Top Cast

Leo McKern

Galileo

Nigel Stock

Narrator / Sagredo / Cardinal Bellarmin / Pamphleteer / Peasant

Fergus McClelland

Andrea, the boy

Rosalie Crutchley

Mrs. Sarti

George Roubicek

Ludovico

Anthony Morton

Priuli, the Curator

Paul Endersby

The Doge / Christopher Clavius

Sheila Shand Gibbs

Virginia