The Great Deception

1h 38min

Comedy

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.

Production Companies

Italia Produzione Film

gray-film

Cast

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

Release date

23rd Sep 1959

Status

Released

Spoken languages

Français