Voltaire

History, Drama

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director John G. Adolfi

Status Released

Release Date 1933-08-05

Storyline

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.

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