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.
as Old Cardinal
as Street Singer
as Cardinal Barberini (Later Pope Urban VIII)
as Virginia Galilei
as Galileo Galilei
as Mrs. Sarti
as Andrea Sarti (as Bill Phipps)