The Great Deception

98 mins
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.

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

Simone Valère

la marquise de Pompadour

Jacques Castelot

le marquis de L'Hospital, l'ambassadeur de France en Russie

Gisèle Grandpré

Blanche d'Éon de Beaumont

Bernard Lajarrige

Pascal d'Éon de Beaumont

Carlo Rustichelli

Original Music Composer

Henri Alekan

Director of Photography

Marcel Grignon

Director of Photography

Maurice Colasson

Production Design

Alexandre Trauner

Production Design

Franco Bottari

Set Decoration

Rosine Delamare

Costume Design

Giorgio Hermann

Costume Design

Alfredo De Laurentiis

Production Manager

Rina Macrelli

Assistant Director

Serge Witta

Assistant Director

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