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18 June 1981 (Hungary) morePlot:
This bio-pic is about Galileo, the 17th century Italian who laid the foundations of modern science.... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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(2 articles)
The Life Of Galileo Runs 4/10-5/17 At Central Square Theater (From BroadwayWorld.com. 9 March 2009, 4:04 PM, PDT)
The Life Of Galileo Plays At The Gremlin Theater 4/4-4/19
(From BroadwayWorld.com. 6 March 2009, 2:22 PM, PST)
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A bland film moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | Topol | ... | Galileo Galilei |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| James Aubrey | ... | Monk-Scholar |
| Colin Blakely | ... | Priuli |
| Robert Bridges | ... | Fat Prelate |
| Georgia Brown | ... | Ballad Singer's Wife |
| Tom Chatto | ... | Town Crier |
| Dermot Colman | ... | Choirboy |
| Tom Conti | ... | Andrea Sarti (man) |
| Paul Curran | ... | Mathematician |
| Mischa De La Motte | ... | Third Sacristan |
| Richard Dennis | ... | Peasant |
 | Vernon Dobtcheff | ... | First Secretary |
| Edward Fox | ... | Cardinal Inquisitor |
 | John Gielgud | ... | The Old Cardinal |
| William Gossling | ... | First Sacristan |
| Michael Gough | ... | Sagredo |
| Andrew Harding | ... | Choirboy |
| Brian Hawksley | ... | Second Sacristan |
| Basil Henson | ... | Infuriated Monk |
| Ian Hoare | ... | Duke Cosimo di Medici |
| Harold Innocent | ... | Second Secretary-Informer |
| Robert Langdon Lloyd | ... | Monk-Scholar (as Robert Lloyd) |
| Mary Larkin | ... | Virginia |
| Margaret Leighton | ... | Elderly Court Lady |
| Michael Lonsdale | ... | Cardinal Barberini (later Pope Urban VIII) |
| Patrick Magee | ... | Cardinal Bellarmin |
| John McEnery | ... | Federzoni |
| Martin Milman | ... | Monk-Scholar |
| John Moffatt | ... | Philosopher |
| Richard O'Callaghan | ... | Fulganzio |
| Robert Owens | ... | Choirboy |
| Judy Parfitt | ... | Angelica Sarti |
| Maurice Quick | ... | Fourth Sacristan |
| Ronald Radd | ... | Vanni |
| Clive Revill | ... | Ballad Singer |
| John Savident | ... | Second Senator |
| Norman Scace | ... | First Senator |
| John Sharp | ... | Monk Official |
| Leon Silver | ... | Monk-Scholar |
| Madeline Smith | ... | Young Court Lady |
| Job Stewart | ... | Monk-Scholar |
| Peggy Thorpe-Bates | ... | Court Lady |
| Iain Travers | ... | Andrea Sarti (boy) |
| Bill Wallis | ... | Supporting Monk |
| Charles West | ... | Rector-Gaffone |
| William Wild | ... | Guard |
| Tim Woodward | ... | Ludovico Marsili |
| Henry Woolf | ... | Father Clavius |
| Ken Wynne | ... | Court Official |
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Singapore:NC-16 | USA:PG | Australia:PG | UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating)Fun Stuff
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Topol with his impatient manner of speech is somewhat insufferable as Galileo. But then, by all accounts, the real Galileo had a touch of arrogance in him and was not very likeable. This movie does not capture the horrors of pre-Industrial Europe, when religious authorities could inflict the most fiendish tortures on any victims they chose. This movie could have made a statement about religion run amok in the social milieu of the day. Instead, it is a bland film lacking dramatic tension. It is a movie adapted from a play and it shows. There is even a chorus of choirboys which is totally out of place. However, there are few bio-pics of great scientists, so this one is worth watching once.