Voltaire (1933)
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.
History, Drama
Cast
- 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
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