TV
Candide (BBC 1973, Frank Finlay, Ian Olgilvy)
Period drama broadcast under the Play of the Month banner. A treatise on human weaknesses in which the lead character is determined to make the most of life.
UK | BBC (Play of the Month) | 1×90 minute episode | Broadcast 16 February 1973
Author of original work: Volataire | Costume Design: Elizabeth Waller | Production Design: Eileen Diss | Producer: Cedric Messina | Director: James MacTaggart
cast
FRANK FINLAY as Voltaire | IAN OLGILVY as Candide | EMRYS JAMES as Dr Pangloss | ANGELA RICHARDS as Cunegonde | KATHLEEN HELME as Old Woman | CLIFTON JONES as Cacambo | LEOANRD MAGUIRE as Martin | NICHOLAS JONES as Young Baron