The Great Deception (1959)
Comedy
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
Geneviève d'Éon / Charles, chevalier d'Éon, agent secret au service du Roi
le baron d'Exter, le chef des espions à la solde des Prussiens
la comtesse De Monval, l'envoyée spéciale du Roi Louis XV
Bernard Turquet de Mayenne
la tsarine Elisabeth Petrovana de Russie
le Roi Louis XV
la marquise de Pompadour
le marquis de L'Hospital, l'ambassadeur de France en Russie
Blanche d'Éon de Beaumont
Pascal d'Éon de Beaumont
Crew
Director
Writer
Writer
Writer
Writer
Writer
Producer
Producer
Producer
Original Music Composer
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Editor
Editor
Production Design
Production Design
Set Decoration
Costume Design
Costume Design
Production Manager
Assistant Director
Assistant Director