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Release Date: 04 Thu, May 1978
This devil of a man plunges the viewer into the very heart of the Voltaire whirlwind, that incandescent mind who shook his century. The series follows his meteoric rise, his exiles, his battles and flashes of genius, in a Europe still tightly bound by absolutism. We discover an unbowed, charming, formidable man whose pen makes ministers, kings and fanatics tremble. Between glittering salons, damp prisons and passionate loves, Voltaire crosses the Age of Enlightenment like a meteor. Each episode reveals a confrontation, a flight, a victory wrested through the sheer force of intellect. Carried by elegant direction and a sweeping, novelistic energy, the series paints a vibrant portrait of a fighter for freedom. A journey into the life of a man who never stopped thinking, loving and provoking.
6 Episodes
as Forcalquier
as Beaumarchais
as Tronchin
as Keyserling
as Jean-Jacques Rousseau
as Adrienne Lecouvreur
as Mme Denis
as Voltaire jeune
as Thiérot
as M. Du Châtelet
as Duc de Richelieu
as La Pompadour
as Émilie
as Voltaire âgé
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