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May 27, 1976 · Galileo: Directed by Joseph Losey. With Topol, Edward Fox, Colin Blakely, Georgia Brown. This biopic is about Galileo Galilei, the seventeenth century Italian who laid the foundations of modern science. Galileo made himself one of the world's first telescopes and discovered the moons of Jupiter.
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- Biography, Drama
- Joseph Losey
- 1976-05-27
Galileo is a 1975 biographical film about the 16th- and 17th-century scientist Galileo Galilei, whose astronomical observations with the newly invented telescope led to a profound conflict with the Roman Catholic Church.
Challenged by a new student, tutor and theorist Galileo co-opts emerging telescope technology and discovers irrefutable proof of the heretical notion that the earth is not the center of the universe.
Jun 18, 2024 · Galileo features an ensemble cast led by Topol as Galileo Galilei. Edward Fox plays Cardinal Inquisitor, Colin Blakely portrays Priuli, and Georgia Brown stars as Ballad Singer's Wife, among others. The film follows the life and struggles of the famous scientist.
The film begins in 1609, when Galileo is an ill paid mathematics professor in Padua, but has the freedom to continue his scientific inquiries under the protection of the Venetian republic. It presents his sensational, if ingenuous, introduction of a new scientific toy from Holland, the telescope.
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