Leben des Galilei

Leben des Galilei

30 mins | Drama | Oct. 19, 1947

Galileo, an eminent professor and scientist in the 17th century Venetian Republic, is short of money. A prospective student tells him about a novel invention, the telescope, that is being sold in Amsterdam.

Leben des Galilei

30 mins | Drama | Oct. 19, 1947

Leben des Galilei
Galileo, an eminent professor and scientist in the 17th century Venetian Republic, is short of money. A prospective student tells him about a novel invention, the telescope, that is being sold in Amsterdam.
Producers
Original title Leben des Galilei
Directors Ruth Berlau, Joseph Losey
Writers Charles Laughton, Bertolt Brecht

Cast

Peter Brocco

as Old Cardinal

Stephen Brown

as Street Singer

Hugo Haas

as Cardinal Barberini (Later Pope Urban VIII)

Frances Heflin

as Virginia Galilei

Charles Laughton

as Galileo Galilei

Eda Reiss Merin

as Mrs. Sarti

William Phipps

as Andrea Sarti (as Bill Phipps)