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.
Released in 2007, Voltaire et l'affaire Calas is a history and tv movie film from ARTE (France). It was directed by Francis Reusser and written by Alain Moreau. The cast is led by Claude Rich, Barbara Schulz, François Germond and Carlo Brandt. With a runtime of 1h 32m, the film averages 5.7/10 across 6 TMDB ratings.
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