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."

Leo McKern

as Galileo

Nigel Stock

as Narrator / Sagredo / Cardinal Bellarmin / Pamphleteer / Peasant

Fergus McClelland

as Andrea, the boy

Rosalie Crutchley

as Mrs. Sarti

George Roubicek

as Ludovico

Anthony Morton

as Priuli, the Curator

Paul Endersby

as The Doge / Christopher Clavius

Sheila Shand Gibbs

as Virginia

Martin Sterndale

as Matti

Michael Peake

as Senator

Darryl Read

as Prince Cosimo de Medici

Vernon Dobtcheff

as Philosopher

Charles Jarrott

Director

Bertolt Brecht

Theatre Play

Ursula Gray

Adaptation

Charles Laughton

Translator

Peter Luke

Producer

Norman Kay

Music

Joyce Hammond

Costume Design

Christine Hillcoat

Makeup Artist

Richard Wilmot

Production Design

Harry Moore

Story Editor