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The Life of Galileo

Release Year
1964
Runtime
1h 55m
Genres
Drama
Directed By
Charles Jarrott
The Life of Galileo

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

Cast & Crew

Cast

Leo McKern

Galileo

Nigel Stock

Narrator / Sagredo / Cardinal Bellarmin / Pamphleteer / Peasant

Fergus McClelland

Andrea, the boy

Rosalie Crutchley

Mrs. Sarti

Anthony Morton

Priuli, the Curator

Paul Endersby

The Doge / Christopher Clavius

Sheila Shand Gibbs

Virginia

Martin Sterndale

Matti

Michael Peake

Senator

Darryl Read

Prince Cosimo de Medici

Vernon Dobtcheff

Philosopher

Crew

Charles Jarrott

Director

Richard Wilmot

Production Design

Joyce Hammond

Costume Design

Peter Luke

Producer

Bertolt Brecht

Theatre Play

Ursula Gray

Adaptation

Harry Moore

Story Editor

Norman Kay

Music

Charles Laughton

Translator

Christine Hillcoat

Makeup Artist

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