History ·Drama · United States of America · 1933 · 1h 12m

Voltaire

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Director
John G. Adolfi
Cast
George Arliss as Voltaire Margaret Lindsay as Nanette Calas Doris Kenyon as Mme. Pompadour Alan Mowbray as Count de Sarnac Reginald Owen as King Louis XV Theodore Newton as François
Crew
Tony Gaudio — Director of Photography Owen Marks — Editor Paul Green — Writer Maude T. Howell — Writer E. Lawrence Dudley — Novel George Gibbs — Novel
Tagline

Beautiful women were pawns in the dangerous game he played with kings and nations!

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
king louis xv of franceenlightenmentpre-codephilosophervoltaire
Key Collaborators
John G. Adolfi Director Tony Gaudio Director of Photography Owen Marks Editor Paul Green Writer Maude T. Howell Writer E. Lawrence Dudley Novel George Gibbs Novel
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