Voltaire
6.4
“Beautiful women were pawns in the dangerous game he played with kings and nations!”
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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Cast
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George Arliss
Voltaire
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Margaret Lindsay
Nanette Calas
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Alan Mowbray
Count de Sarnac
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Reginald Owen
King Louis XV
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Theodore Newton
François
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Gordon Westcott
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Murray Kinnell
Emile, Voltaire's Servant
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Doris Lloyd
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David Torrence
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John George
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John G. Adolfi Director · Paul Green Writer Maude T. Howell Writer
Worldwide gross $765K · Budget $310K · United States release August 5, 1933
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Budget
$310,000
Worldwide gross
$765,000
Gross vs. budget
2.5×
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
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United States
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Original language
English
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English
Release dates
United States · August 5, 1933
Theatrical
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