Galileo liliana cavani biography

1968 Italian film

For the 1975 film, see Galileo (1975 film).

Galileo (also known as Galileo Galilei) is a 1968 Italian–Bulgarian biographicaldrama film directed by Liliana Cavani.

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It depicts the life of Galileo Galilei and particularly his conflicts with the Catholic Church over his scientific theories.^[1][2][3]

Plot

AstronomerGalileo Galilei teaches at the University of Padua.

While he questions the ideas of Ptolemy and Aristotle, the official scientific dogmas imposed by the Catholic Church, he remains secretive about his doubts. His more candid friend, philosopher Giordano Bruno, is reported to the Inquisition for his revolutionary ideas and later executed as a heretic.

Still, Galileo continues his studies with a telescope constructed by Dutch technicians and perfected by him, and comes to the conclusion that Copernico's heliocentric system is valid. He publishes his discoveries in a book, which leads to a series o