Voltaire et l'affaire Calas (2007)

5.7/10 92 min History TV Movie

Overview

A Protestant businessman, Jean Calas, is tortured to death for allegedly killing his son to stop him becoming a Catholic. Voltaire launches a Europe-wide campaign to win rehabilitation for Calas and compensation for his family.

Cast

Claude Rich

Voltaire

Barbara Schulz

Marie Corneille

Carlo Brandt

David de Baudrigue

Recommendations

The Miniaturist
Outlaws - For Greater Glory
Les Misérables
Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin
The Rays and Shadows
The Scarlet and the Black
The Rosa Parks Story
Chouans !
The Hunchback
I Am Elizabeth Smart
Walking with the Enemy
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
The Magic of Ordinary Days
Blackadder: Back & Forth
TalhotBlond
In the Time of the Butterflies
Girl in the Box
An Officer and a Spy
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Les Misérables