Voltaire
movie
Beautiful women were pawns in the dangerous game he played with kings and nations!
Released August 05, 1933
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.
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
Gordon Westcott
as
The Captain
Murray Kinnell
as
Emile, Voltaire's Servant
Doris Lloyd
as
Mme. Clarion, Actress
David Torrence
as
Dr. Tronchin
John George
as
Protester in Montage
