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The Great Deception(Movie, 1960)

Original title: "Le secret du chevalier d'Eon" (French/FR)
1h 38min | Genre: Comedy
The Great DeceptionRating: 3.5/5 (with 33 votes)
Le secret du Chevalier d'Éon is a 1959 French-Italian film. It stars Andrée Debar and Gabriele Ferzetti. It is loosely based on the life of Chevalier d'Éon, although it portrays them as a woman masquerading as a man, rather than a person who was biologically male but presenting as a woman, as was the case for the latter part of their life. ()
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About 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.

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Additional Information

Production countries: France, Italy
Plays in: France
Original language: French (FR)
Spoken languages: French (FR)
Translated into 4 languages: German (DE), English (EN), French (FR), Italian (IT)
Status: Released
Release date US: 09/23/1959
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Le secret du Chevalier d'Éon"
"Storie d'amore proibite"
"Der Chevalier des Königs"
Keywords: woman director

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