Voltaire
“Beautiful women were pawns in the dangerous game he played with kings and nations!”
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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.
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Edited by Owen MarksShot by Tony Gaudio
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18 unique people credited
Top billed cast
George Arliss
as Voltaire
Doris Kenyon
as Mme. Pompadour
Margaret Lindsay
as Nanette Calas
Reginald Owen
as King Louis XV
Theodore Newton
as Francois
Alan Mowbray
as Count De Sarnac
Gordon Westcott
as The Captain
Murray Kinnell
as Emile - Voltaire's Servant
Doris Lloyd
as Mme. Clairon - Actress
Douglass Dumbrille
as Actor - Oriental King in Play
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