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