Movie

Voltaire (1933)

• NR
• August 5, 1933
• 1h 12m

• History
• Drama

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

Overview

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.

Director

John G. Adolfi

Writers

Paul Green, Maude T. Howell, George Gibbs, E. Lawrence Dudley

Starring

George Arliss, Margaret Lindsay, Doris Kenyon