Ce diable d'homme

The story

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.

Cast

M Michel HerbaultForcalquier G Gérard CaillaudBeaumarchais J Jean TurlierTronchin R Roger CarelKeyserling J Jean MouratJean-Jacques Rousseau N Nicole GarciaAdrienne Lecouvreur M Marie-Christine DemarestMme Denis D Denis ManuelVoltaire jeune R Roland MonkThiérot B Bernard LavaletteM. Du Châtelet G Georges DescrièresDuc de Richelieu G Geneviève GradLa Pompadour

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M Martine SarceyÉmilie C Claude DauphinVoltaire âgé C Christian ParisyLe premier secrétaire · Premier secrétaire J Jeanne ColletinMme de Saint Pierre A André ValardyFrédéric II G Gabriel GobinSecond recruteur · Picard · Second gentilhomme J Jean-Louis BauerLe commis M Marcelle BarreauMarie J Jean RougeulLe maître d'hôtel M Michel DodaneSecrétaire de Fleury · L'hindou S Salvino Di PietraCollini P Pierre ReppLe grec · Le marchand W William CorynPierre Calas J Jean-Paul MoulinotMonsieur Arouet M Michèle GrellierLa duchesse de Sully P Pierre-Jean VaillardLe préfet des études G Gabriel CattandLe duc de Sully A Alix MahieuxNinon de Lenclos A Alain MarcelGenonville M Michel VocoretBeauregard A Alexandre SterlingVoltaire enfant L Laurence de MonaghanPimpette I Igor TyczkaRohan R René Lefèvre-BelVillars J Jean-Marie RobainSecond gentilhomme D Diane ChristieMaréchale de Villars A Antoine MarinLe commissaire B Bernard MussonLe régisseur L Lionel VitrantMaître d'armes A Alan AdairFalkener M Michel GalloisPremier gentilhomme D Daniel PercheL'huissier S Sébastien FlocheL'égyptien M Marcel GassoukLe gaulois G Guy FranquetLe tricheur J Jean-Claude HoudinièreLouis XV L Leila FréchetEugénie B Bob MorelLe colosse G Guy MichelWagnières H Henri VillerougeAudibert M Maurice AudranLe diplomate C Clément MichuL'ouvrier / Le moine Y Yves PignotLe garçon de la grange M Max MontavonLe jardinier M Michèle TollemerLa veuve B Béatrice Agenin"Belle et bonne" B Bernard SpiegelLe curé de Moens P Pierre RischBenjamin Franklin A André DumasL'employé d'octroi R Roger TrappLe bourgeois A Annie SavarinLa bourgeoise M Max VialleL'abbé Gauthier J Jacqueline StaupLa mégère