The Great Deception

Jacqueline Audry
1959-09-23


5.9
98 min

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.

Cast

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