The Great Deception
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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.
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Andrée Debar
Geneviève d'Éon / Charles, chevalier d'Éon, agent secret au service du Roi
Also in
Judgement of God
House on the Waterfront
Bernard Blier
le baron d'Exter, le chef des espions à la solde des Prussiens
Known for
Crooks in Clover
The Restaurant
Ennio De Concini
Henri Alekan
Jacqueline Audry
Alfredo Guarini
Dany Robin
la comtesse De Monval, l'envoyée spéciale du Roi Louis XV
Known for
Topaz
Don't Lose Your Head
Alexandre Trauner
Pierre Laroche
Eugène Tucherer
Gabriele Ferzetti
Bernard Turquet de Mayenne
Known for
Once Upon a Time in the West
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Jacques Laurent
Jacqueline Audry Director · Vittorio Nino Novarese Writer Ennio De Concini Writer
Director
Jacqueline Audry
Writer
Vittorio Nino Novarese
Writer
Ennio De Concini
Writer
Jacques Laurent
Composer
Carlo Rustichelli
Cinematographer
Henri Alekan
Cinematographer
Marcel Grignon
Editor
Yvonne Martin
Editor
Dolores Tamburini
Production designer
Alexandre Trauner
Production designer
Maurice Colasson
Costume designer
Rosine Delamare
Costume designer
Giorgio Hermann
First release September 23, 1959 · Produced in France, Italy · Production gray-film, Italia Produzione
Production
Italia Produzione Film
Production
gray-film
Production
Italia Produzione
Production
Paris Elysées Films
Production
France · Italy
Produced in
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Original title
Le Secret du chevalier d'Éon
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
Italy · September 23, 1959
Theatrical
France · January 6, 1960
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
April 15, 1960 · Theatrical
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