
The Great Deception (1959)
1h 38m | PG-13
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
Studio: Italia Produzione Film
Genre: Comedy
Video: 720p
Cast

Andrée Debar
as Geneviève d'Éon / Charles, chevalier d'Éon, agent secret au service du Roi

Bernard Blier
as le baron d'Exter, le chef des espions à la solde des Prussiens

Dany Robin
as la comtesse De Monval, l'envoyée spéciale du Roi Louis XV

Gabriele Ferzetti
as Bernard Turquet de Mayenne

Isa Miranda
as la tsarine Elisabeth Petrovana de Russie

Jean Desailly
as le Roi Louis XV