Jefferson in Paris

A powerful man torn between his love for one woman and his secret desire for another.

139 mins
His wife having recently died, Thomas Jefferson accepts the post of United States ambassador to pre-revolutionary France, though he finds it difficult to adjust to life in a country where the aristocracy subjugates an increasingly restless peasantry. In Paris, he becomes smitten with cultured artist Maria Cosway, but, when his daughter visits from Virginia accompanied by her attractive slave, Sally Hemings, Jefferson's attentions are diverted.

Nick Nolte

Thomas Jefferson

Greta Scacchi

Maria Cosway

Thandiwe Newton

Sally Hemings

Gwyneth Paltrow

Patsy Jefferson

Jean-Pierre Aumont

D'Hancarville

Simon Callow

Richard Cosway

Seth Gilliam

James Hemings

James Earl Jones

Madison Hemings

Nancy Marchand

Madame Abbesse

Charlotte de Turckheim

Marie Antoinette

Lambert Wilson

Marquis de Lafayette

Vincent Cassel

Camille Desmoulins

Steve Kalfa

Dr. Guillotin

Todd Boyce

William Short

Nigel Whitmey

John Trumbull

Nicolas Silberg

Monsieur Petit

Elsa Zylberstein

Adrienne de Lafayette

William Moseley

George Washington de Lafayette

Vernon Dobtcheff

King's Translator

Beatrice Winde

Mary Hemings

Tim Choate

Reporter

Ismail Merchant

Royal Indian Man

James Ivory

Director

Donald Rosenfeld

Executive Producer

Jenny Beavan

Costume Design

Richard Robbins

Original Music Composer

Thierry François

Art Direction

Guy-Claude François

Production Design

John Bright

Costume Design

Pierre Lhomme

Director of Photography

Humbert Balsan

Co-Producer

Paul Bradley

Executive Producer

Evelyne Byot

Makeup Department Head

Anne-Marie Demeur

Makeup Artist

Bernard Floch

Makeup Artist

Lydia Pujols

Makeup Artist

Carol Hemming

Makeup Artist

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