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Galileo's battle for the heavens

Galileo's battle for the heavens

DVD 2006

The pioneering astronomer and condemned heretic comes to life in this fascinating film version of Dava Sobel's best-seller, Galileo's Daughter. British actor Simon Callow portrays the seventeenth-century genius who defied tradition and years of imprisonment to advance a new vision of the universe, recreated through letters from his devoted daughter Maria Celeste, a cloistered nun.

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Astronomers Italy Biography
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Astronomy History
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Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642
Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642 Drama
Galilei, Maria Celeste, 1600-1634 Drama
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Sobel, Dava. Galileo's daughter Television adaptations
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1 DVD (1 video file (approximately 120 min.)) : sound, color
digital
polychrome
video file
DVD video
Target Audience Note:
NRC
Other Title:
Nova (Television program)
Notes:
Narrator, Liev Schreiber ; cast, Simon Callow (Galileo), Laura Nardi (Maria Celeste), John Fraser (the Inquisitor), Alexa Jargo (voice of Maria Celeste), Cornelius Garret (voices of the Ambassador and Castelli)
Control Number:
2227740
Other Authors:
Adler, Mark, music
Axelrod, David R., writer, producer
Callow, Simon, 1949- actor
Fraser, John, 1931-2020, actor
Garret, Cornelius, actor
Jargo, Alexa, actor
Jones, Peter, 1941- director
McDairmant, Brian, director of photographer
Nardi, Laura, actor
Schrieber, Liev, narrator
Sobel, Dava. Galileo's daughter
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