- HD 1080
- Runtime: 145m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United Kingdom
- Director: Joseph Losey
- Stars: Topol, Edward Fox, Colin Blakely, Georgia Brown, Clive Revill
- keywords: inquisition, pope, historical figure, church, solar system
- Production_studio: The American Film Theatre, Cinévision Ltée
- providers: Kino Film Collection
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. But in a rigid society ruled by an uneasy alliance of aristocracy and clergy already undermined by the Plague and the Reformation, science is a threat and enlightenment is a luxury. Faced with either death at the hands of the Inquisition or recantation to a hypocritical but all-powerful Papacy, Galileo must choose between his own life and the restless scientific curiosity that he has spurned family, friends, and wealth to pursue.