Overview

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.

Genres

Cast

Peter Brocco

Old Cardinal

Hugo Haas

Cardinal Barberini (Later Pope Urban VIII)

Charles Laughton

Galileo Galilei

Eda Reiss Merin

Mrs. Sarti

William Phipps

Andrea Sarti