"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 Laughton
Translator
Ursula Gray
Adaptation
Peter Luke
Producer
Norman Kay
Music
Bertolt Brecht
Theatre Play
Christine Hillcoat
Makeup Artist
Charles Jarrott
Director
Harry Moore
Story Editor
Joyce Hammond
Costume Design
Richard Wilmot
Production Design