
The Great Deception
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.
Top Billed 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
Featured Crew

Jacqueline Audry
Director
Jacques Rémy
Writer

Ennio De Concini
Writer

Jacques Laurent
Writer
Vittorio Nino Novarese
Writer
Maurice Colasson
Production Design
Yvonne Martin
Editor

Carlo Rustichelli
Original Music Composer

Henri Alekan
Director of Photography
Marcel Grignon
Director of Photography
Dolores Tamburini
Editor
Giorgio Hermann
Costume Design