Released:
1959-09-23

Overview:
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

Runtime:
1h 38min

Genre:
Comedy

• Cast:
• 
  Andrée Debar
  as
  Geneviève d'Éon / Charles, chevalier d'Éon, agent secret au service du Roi
• 
  Bernard Blier
  as
  le baron d'Exter, le chef des espions à la solde des Prussiens
• 
  Dany Robin
  as
  la comtesse De Monval, l'envoyée spéciale du Roi Louis XV
• 
  Gabriele Ferzetti
  as
  Bernard Turquet de Mayenne
• 
  Isa Miranda
  as
  la tsarine Elisabeth Petrovana de Russie