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.

• Ruth BerlauDirector
• Joseph LoseyDirector
• Bertolt BrechtWriter
• Charles LaughtonWriter

• Peter BroccoOld Cardinal
• Stephen BrownStreet Singer
• Hugo HaasCardinal Barberini (Later Pope Urban VIII)
• Frances HeflinVirginia Galilei
• Charles LaughtonGalileo Galilei
• Eda Reiss MerinMrs. Sarti
• William PhippsAndrea Sarti