The Life of Galileo

  • Genre: Drama
  • Run time: 115 min
  • Premiere: 1964. April 29.

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

Discover

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

Darryl Read

Prince Cosimo de Medici

Vernon Dobtcheff

Philosopher

Art

Richard Wilmot

Production Design

Costume & Make-Up

Christine Hillcoat

Makeup Artist

Joyce Hammond

Costume Design

Crew

Charles Laughton

Translator

Directing

Production

Peter Luke

Producer

Sound

Writing

Ursula Gray

Adaptation

Bertolt Brecht

Theatre Play

Harry Moore

Story Editor

Art

Richard Wilmot

Production Design

Costume & Make-Up

Christine Hillcoat

Makeup Artist

Joyce Hammond

Costume Design

Crew

Charles Laughton

Translator

Directing

Production

Peter Luke

Producer

Sound

Writing

Ursula Gray

Adaptation

Bertolt Brecht

Theatre Play

Harry Moore

Story Editor