Galileo (1968 film)

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Galileo
Directed by	Liliana Cavani
Written by	Liliana Cavani Tullio Pinelli Fabrizio Onofri
Produced by	Rizzoli Film Fenice Cinematografica
Starring	Cyril Cusack Georgi Kaloyanchev Piero Vida
Cinematography	Alfio Contini
Edited by	Nino Baragli Ana Manolova-Pipeva
Music by	Ennio Morricone
Distributed by	Rizzoli Film
Release date	1968
Running time	105 minutes
Countries	Italy Bulgaria
Languages	Italian Bulgarian English

Galileo (also known as Galileo Galilei) is a 1968 Italian-Bulgarian biographical drama film directed by Liliana Cavani. It depicts the life of Galileo Galilei and particularly his clash with the Catholic Church regarding the interpretation of his astronomical observations with the newly invented telescope.^[1]

Plot[]

In 1597, the scientist Galileo Galilei meets the philosopher Giordano Bruno, author of treatises that upset the Church for their extreme accuracy on the nature of the world. In fact the period is that of the oppressor and the Counter-Reformation and Bruno having worsened his relations with the Church, is unjustly tried and condemned to the stake. Meanwhile, Galileo receives a gift of a telescope from a friend, and perfects its potential. Thanks to it, therefore the scientist makes his first experiments on the stars and began to write his treatises. But the new Pope Urbano VIII and his beloved cardinal discover these theories, find them heretical and order the scientist to recant publicly.

Cast[]

• Cyril Cusack as Galileo Galilei
• Georgi Kaloyanchev as Giordano Bruno
• Nevena Kokanova as Marina
• as Cardinal Bellarmino
• as Paolo Sarpi
• Piero Vida as Pope Urban VIII
• Gigi Ballista as Dominican Commissioner
• Paolo Graziosi as Gian Lorenzo Bernini
• as the Galilei's daughter
• Lou Castel as the young monk of the Vatican
• Giulio Brogi as Sagredo

Home media[]

Galileo was released in 2010 as a Region 2 DVD.^[2] A Region 1 DVD has not been released.

See also[]

• Galileo is a 1975 English language film based on Bertolt Brecht's play Life of Galileo. See the article by Cristina Olivotto and Antonella Testa for a comparison of the 1968 and 1975 films.^[3]

References[]

External links[]

• Galileo at IMDb

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