Les Aventures du jeune Voltaire: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

If we know the venerable philosopher, a refugee in Ferney, we know the Young Voltaire less. A commoner by birth, the future Voltaire will shake up all the social and religious conventions of his time. Embastellated twice, exiled in England, historiographer of Louis XV, hated by the Court of France, millionaire at 40 thanks to speculation. Voltaire wants everything: glory, women and money!

Series details

• Title: Les Aventures du jeune Voltaire
• Format: Scripted
• Language: French
• Genres: Drama, History
• Premiere date: 2021-02-08
• Final broadcast date listed: 2021-02-15
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: France 2
• Network country: France
• Typical episode runtime: 52 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 53456
• IMDb ID: tt13648386
• TVDB ID: 386316

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2021-02-08; final listed air date 2021-02-15.

Source and licence

Adapted from Les Aventures du jeune Voltaire on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.