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The Great Deception

The Great Deception (1959)

1h 38m | PG-13

⭐ 5.9 / 10

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

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Cast

Andrée Debar

Andrée Debar

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

Bernard Blier

Bernard Blier

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

Dany Robin

Dany Robin

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

Gabriele Ferzetti

Gabriele Ferzetti

as Bernard Turquet de Mayenne

Isa Miranda

Isa Miranda

as la tsarine Elisabeth Petrovana de Russie

Jean Desailly

Jean Desailly

as le Roi Louis XV