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The Great Deception (1959)

Genre : Comedy

Runtime : 1H 38M

Director : Jacqueline Audry

Synopsis

Burgundy 1728. Old count Antoine d'Eon is overjoyed. His daughter-in-law has finally given birth to a boy and he will at long last be able to transmit his inheritance to his son Pascal. At least this is what he thinks, for Pascal has concealed from his father the fact that his son was ... a daughter, his eighth daughter! Well, enough is enough and Geneviève has no other choice but become a boy first, then a soldier and even the special envoy of Louis XV, King of France, to Catherine II, the Czarina of Russia.

Actors

Andrée Debar
Andrée Debar
Geneviève d'Éon / Charles, chevalier d'Éon, agent secret au service du Roi
Bernard Blier
Bernard Blier
le baron d'Exter, le chef des espions à la solde des Prussiens
Dany Robin
Dany Robin
la comtesse De Monval, l'envoyée spéciale du Roi Louis XV
Gabriele Ferzetti
Gabriele Ferzetti
Bernard Turquet de Mayenne
Isa Miranda
Isa Miranda
la tsarine Elisabeth Petrovana de Russie
Jean Desailly
Jean Desailly
le Roi Louis XV
Simone Valère
Simone Valère
la marquise de Pompadour
Jacques Castelot
Jacques Castelot
le marquis de L'Hospital, l'ambassadeur de France en Russie
Gisèle Grandpré
Gisèle Grandpré
Blanche d'Éon de Beaumont
Bernard Lajarrige
Bernard Lajarrige
Pascal d'Éon de Beaumont

Crews

Jacqueline Audry
Jacqueline Audry
Director
Cécil Saint-Laurent
Cécil Saint-Laurent
Writer
Jacques Rémy
Jacques Rémy
Writer
Ennio De Concini
Ennio De Concini
Writer
Vittorio Nino Novarese
Vittorio Nino Novarese
Writer
Pierre Laroche
Pierre Laroche
Writer
Alfredo Guarini
Alfredo Guarini
Producer
Eugène Tucherer
Eugène Tucherer
Producer
René Chevrier
René Chevrier
Producer
Carlo Rustichelli
Carlo Rustichelli
Original Music Composer
Henri Alekan
Henri Alekan
Director of Photography
Marcel Grignon
Marcel Grignon
Director of Photography
Yvonne Martin
Yvonne Martin
Editor
Dolores Tamburini
Dolores Tamburini
Editor
Maurice Colasson
Maurice Colasson
Production Design
Alexandre Trauner
Alexandre Trauner
Production Design
Franco Bottari
Franco Bottari
Set Decoration
Rosine Delamare
Rosine Delamare
Costume Design
Giorgio Hermann
Giorgio Hermann
Costume Design
Alfredo De Laurentiis
Alfredo De Laurentiis
Production Manager
Rina Macrelli
Rina Macrelli
Assistant Director
Serge Witta
Serge Witta
Assistant Director

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