Jefferson in Paris (1995)

ALL 03/31/1995 (en) Drama, Romance, History 139 Min
  • Release
    03/31/1995
  • Production
    Merchant Ivory Productions, Touchstone Pictures, Franco London Films
  • Rotten tomato
    51%
  • Original title
    Jefferson in Paris
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 2,474,000.00
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A powerful man torn between his love for one woman and his secret desire for another.

Overview

His wife having recently died, Thomas Jefferson accepts the post of United States ambassador to pre-revolutionary France, though he finds it difficult to adjust to life in a country where the aristocracy subjugates an increasingly restless peasantry. In Paris, he becomes smitten with cultured artist Maria Cosway, but, when his daughter visits from Virginia accompanied by her attractive slave, Sally Hemings, Jefferson's attentions are diverted.

  1. James Ivory

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Ismail Merchant

    Producer



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  1. Nick Nolte

    Thomas Jefferson

  2. Greta Scacchi

    Maria Cosway

  3. Thandiwe Newton

    Sally Hemings

  4. Gwyneth Paltrow

    Patsy Jefferson

  5. Jean-Pierre Aumont

    D'Hancarville

  6. Simon Callow

    Richard Cosway

  7. Seth Gilliam

    James Hemings

  8. James Earl Jones

    Madison Hemings

  9. Michael Lonsdale

    Louis XVI

  10. Nancy Marchand

    Madame Abbesse

  11. Charlotte de Turckheim

    Marie Antoinette

  12. Lambert Wilson

    Marquis de Lafayette

  13. Vincent Cassel

    Camille Desmoulins

  14. Steve Kalfa

    Dr. Guillotin

  15. Jessica Lloyd

    Julia

  16. Todd Boyce

    William Short

  17. Nigel Whitmey

    John Trumbull

  18. Nicolas Silberg

    Monsieur Petit

  19. Elsa Zylberstein

    Adrienne de Lafayette

  20. William Moseley

    George Washington de Lafayette

  21. Vernon Dobtcheff

    King's Translator

  22. Daniel Mesguich

    Mesmer

  23. Thibault de Montalembert

    Assistant

  24. Beatrice Winde

    Mary Hemings

  25. Tim Choate

    Reporter

  26. Ismail Merchant

    Royal Indian Man

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 26 , Crews : 25

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Jefferson in Paris (1995) 139 Min

ALL 03/31/1995 (en)
Drama, Romance, History
  • Release 03/31/1995
  • Production
    Merchant Ivory Productions, Touchstone Pictures, Franco London Films
  • Original title Jefferson in Paris
  • en
  • Revenue2,474,000.00

A powerful man torn between his love for one woman and his secret desire for another.

Overview

His wife having recently died, Thomas Jefferson accepts the post of United States ambassador to pre-revolutionary France, though he finds it difficult to adjust to life in a country where the aristocracy subjugates an increasingly restless peasantry. In Paris, he becomes smitten with cultured artist Maria Cosway, but, when his daughter visits from Virginia accompanied by her attractive slave, Sally Hemings, Jefferson's attentions are diverted.

  1. James Ivory

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Andrew Marcus, Isabelle Lorente

    Editor

  4. Ismail Merchant

    Producer