Jefferson in Paris (1995)
Hollywood-Star Nick Nolte brilliert in diesem leidenschaftlichen Epos um historische Umwälzungen und verbotene Liebe! Jefferson in Paris schildert in opulenten Bildern die Zeit von Amerikas berühmtesten Staatsmann Thomas Jefferson als Botschafter im vorrevolutionären Frankreich. Hin- und hergerissen zwischen seiner Liebe zu der schönen Maria Cosway und der geheimen Leidenschaft zu einer seiner Negersklavinnen, wird der spätere Präsident der USA inmitten revolutionärer Unruhen zum Gefangenen in einem tragischen Liebesverhältnis. Gerechtigkeit und Wahrheit, Liebe und Moral: Jefferson muss eine der schwierigsten Entscheidungen seines Lebens treffen. Wieder ein Meisterwerk von James Ivory: Jefferson in Paris ist mit perfekter Eleganz inszenierte und höchst anregende Unterhaltung.
Der Regisseur: James Ivory
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Nick Nolte as Thomas Jefferson |
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Greta Scacchi as Maria Cosway |
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Thandiwe Newton as Sally Hemings |
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Gwyneth Paltrow as Patsy Jefferson |
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Jean-Pierre Aumont as D'Hancarville |
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Simon Callow as Richard Cosway |
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Seth Gilliam as James Hemings |
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James Earl Jones as Madison Hemings |
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Michael Lonsdale as Louis XVI |
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Nancy Marchand as Madame Abbesse |
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Charlotte de Turckheim as Marie Antoinette |
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Lambert Wilson as Marquis de Lafayette |
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Vincent Cassel as Camille Desmoulins |
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Steve Kalfa as Dr. Guillotin |
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Jessica Lloyd as Julia |
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Todd Boyce as William Short |
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Nigel Whitmey as John Trumbull |
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Nicolas Silberg as Monsieur Petit |
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Elsa Zylberstein as Adrienne de Lafayette |
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William Moseley as George Washington de Lafayette |
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Vernon Dobtcheff as King's Translator |
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Daniel Mesguich as Mesmer |
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Thibault de Montalembert as Assistant |
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Beatrice Winde as Mary Hemings |
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Tim Choate as Reporter |
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Ismail Merchant as Royal Indian Man |
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Scott Thrun as Head and Heart Game |
| Directing | James Ivory | Director |
| Writing | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | Writer |
| Production | Ismail Merchant | Producer |
| Production | Donald Rosenfeld | Executive Producer |
| Production | Sylvie Brocheré | Casting |
| Production | Joanna Merlin | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jenny Beavan | Costume Design |
| Sound | Richard Robbins | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Celestia Fox | Casting |
| Art | Thierry François | Art Direction |
| Art | Bernadette Saint Loubert | Set Decoration |
| Art | Guy-Claude François | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | John Bright | Costume Design |
| Camera | Pierre Lhomme | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Andrew Marcus | Editor |
| Editing | Isabelle Lorente | Editor |
| Production | Humbert Balsan | Co-Producer |
| Production | Paul Bradley | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Evelyne Byot | Makeup Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anne-Marie Demeur | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bernard Floch | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lydia Pujols | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Carol Hemming | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marie-France Thibault | Hairstylist |
| Sound | François Groult | Sound |