Film

Galileo’s Battle for the Heavens

20021hDocumentary

Director: Peter Jones
Year: 2002

Based on Dava Sobel’s bestselling book, Galileo’s Daughter, this documentary reveals a new side to the famously stubborn scientist – that his closest confidante was his illegitimate daughter, Sister Maria Celeste, a cloistered nun.

Top cast

Simon Callow

Galileo

Directed by

Peter Jones

Written by

Dava Sobel

Produced by

David Axelrod

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