The Great Deception
Overview
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.
Jacqueline Audry
Director
Pierre Laroche
Writer
Top Billed Cast
Andrée Debar
Geneviève d'Éon / Charles, chevalier d'Éon, agent secret au service du Roi
Bernard Blier
le baron d'Exter, le chef des espions à la solde des Prussiens
Dany Robin
la comtesse De Monval, l'envoyée spéciale du Roi Louis XV
Gabriele Ferzetti
Bernard Turquet de Mayenne
Isa Miranda
la tsarine Elisabeth Petrovana de Russie
Jean Desailly
le Roi Louis XV
Movie Details
Status
Released
Original Language
fr
Budget
$N/A
Revenue
$N/A
Runtime
1h 38m
Release Date
1959-09-23
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