The Great Deception (1959)
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.
Director: Jacqueline Audry
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Andrée Debar as Geneviève d'Éon / Charles, chevalier d'Éon, agent secret au service du Roi |
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Bernard Blier as le baron d'Exter, le chef des espions à la solde des Prussiens |
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Dany Robin as la comtesse De Monval, l'envoyée spéciale du Roi Louis XV |
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Gabriele Ferzetti as Bernard Turquet de Mayenne |
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Isa Miranda as la tsarine Elisabeth Petrovana de Russie |
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Jean Desailly as le Roi Louis XV |
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Simone Valère as la marquise de Pompadour |
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Jacques Castelot as le marquis de L'Hospital, l'ambassadeur de France en Russie |
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Gisèle Grandpré as Blanche d'Éon de Beaumont |
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Bernard Lajarrige as Pascal d'Éon de Beaumont |
| Directing | Jacqueline Audry | Director |
| Writing | Jacques Rémy | Writer |
| Writing | Ennio De Concini | Writer |
| Writing | Jacques Laurent | Writer |
| Writing | Vittorio Nino Novarese | Writer |
| Art | Maurice Colasson | Production Design |
| Editing | Yvonne Martin | Editor |
| Sound | Carlo Rustichelli | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Henri Alekan | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Marcel Grignon | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Dolores Tamburini | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Giorgio Hermann | Costume Design |
| Directing | Serge Witta | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rosine Delamare | Costume Design |
| Directing | Rina Macrelli | Assistant Director |
| Production | Eugène Tucherer | Producer |
| Production | Alfredo De Laurentiis | Production Manager |
| Production | René Chevrier | Producer |
| Production | Alfredo Guarini | Producer |
| Art | Franco Bottari | Set Decoration |
| Art | Alexandre Trauner | Production Design |
| Writing | Pierre Laroche | Writer |
