The Great Deception

The Great Deception — Plot

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.

• Release date
• September 23, 1959
• Runtime
• 98 min
• Genres
• Comedy
• Director
• Jacqueline Audry

The Great Deception — Cast

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