Voltaire
Voltaire is a 1933 American pre-Code biographical film directed by John G. Adolfi and starring George Arliss as Voltaire, an 18th-century French writer and philosopher.
Plot
In pre-Revolutionary France, Voltaire champions the oppressed commoners and tries to warn King Louis XV (Reginald Owen) about the growing unrest among his subjects. The writer has a powerful ally in Madame Pompadour (Doris Kenyon), Louis' mistress, but the Count de Sarnac (Alan Mowbray) opposes him for his own ends.
More details
| author | E. Lawrence Dudley Maude T. Howell Paul Green |
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| director | John G. Adolfi |
| editor | Owen Marks |
| genre | drama historical |
| keywords | arrest bastille claim frederick the great hear louis xv madame pompadour palace of versailles royal court the king versailles wealthy man |
| musicBy | Bernhard Kaun |
| productionCompany | Warner Bros. |
| publisher | Warner Bros. |
| theme | biographical biographical drama |