Eye of the Astronomer (2012)

3.3/10 90 min Drama History

Overview

During the summer of the year 1610 one of the first telescopes made by Galileo ends up in the hands of Jean Kepler in Prague who at the time was the astronomer of Emperor Rudolp II. Kepler observes the night-sky as nobody has seen it before him. His observation platform becomes the meeting place of Prague's imperial court. In this entourage Kepler separates science from superstition, freedom from intolerance.

Cast

Denis Lavant

Jean Kepler

Airy Routier

Bernard

Fabrizio Rongione

Painter of the court

Max Baissette de Malglaive

The kid

Lou Castel

The old astronomer

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