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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

September 23, 1959

Original language

French

Spoken languages

French

Countries

France, Italy

Production

Gray Film,Italia Produzione Film,gray-film

Cast

Gisèle Grandpré,Andrée Debar,Simone Valère,Dany Robin,Jacques Castelot,Gabriele Ferzetti,Bernard Lajarrige,Isa Miranda,Jean Desailly,Bernard Blier

Director

Jacqueline Audry

Writer

Jacques Laurent,Pierre Laroche,Jacques Rémy,Ennio De Concini,Vittorio Nino Novarese

Producer

René Chevrier,Alfredo Guarini,Eugène Tucherer

Cinematography

Marcel Grignon,Henri Alekan

Music

Carlo Rustichelli

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

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