
The Great Deception (1959) is a comedy directed by Jacqueline Audry rated 6.0/10.
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.
Released: 1959-09-23
Duration: 1h 38m
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Italy
Director: Jacqueline Audry
Writer: Jacques Laurent, Ennio De Concini, Jacques Rémy
Cast: Andrée Debar, Bernard Blier, Dany Robin, Gabriele Ferzetti
Production: Italia Produzione Film, gray-film
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
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