Voltaire (1933)
Beautiful women were pawns in the dangerous game he played with kings and nations!
Writer and philosopher Voltaire, loyal to his king, Louis XV of France, nonetheless writes scathingly of the king's disdain for the rights and needs of his people. Louis admires Voltaire, but is increasingly influenced against him by his minister, the Count de Sarnac.
- Date of release
- 1933-08-05
- TMDB
- 6.2 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 1h 12m
- Genres
- History, Drama
- Director
- John G. Adolfi
Casting
- George Arliss — Voltaire
- Margaret Lindsay — Nanette Calas
- Doris Kenyon — Mme. Pompadour
- Alan Mowbray — Count de Sarnac
- Reginald Owen — King Louis XV
- Theodore Newton — François
- Gordon Westcott — The Captain
- Murray Kinnell — Emile, Voltaire's Servant
- Doris Lloyd — Mme. Clarion, Actress
- David Torrence — Dr. Tronchin
- John George — Protester in Montage
Interesting facts
Voltaire is a 1933 American pre-Code biographical film directed by John G. Adolfi and starring George Arliss as Voltaire, an 18th-century French writer and philosopher. It is the last of Arliss' films produced by Warner Bros and the last of his seven collaborations with Adolfi.
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