Jefferson in Paris (1995)
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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $14,000,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $2,474,000.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 0.5072 |
Directed By
James Ivory
Crew
James Ivory
Ismail Merchant
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Donald Rosenfeld
Celestia Fox
Richard Robbins
Bernadette Saint Loubert
John Bright
Guy-Claude François
Joanna Merlin
Sylvie Brocheré
Thierry François
Jenny Beavan
Andrew Marcus
Isabelle Lorente
Pierre Lhomme
Humbert Balsan
Paul Bradley
Evelyne Byot
Anne-Marie Demeur
Bernard Floch
Lydia Pujols
Carol Hemming
Marie-France Thibault
François Groult
TOP CAST
Nick Nolte
Thomas Jefferson
Greta Scacchi
Maria Cosway
Thandiwe Newton
Sally Hemings
Gwyneth Paltrow
Patsy Jefferson
Jean-Pierre Aumont
D'Hancarville
Simon Callow
Richard Cosway
Seth Gilliam
James Hemings
James Earl Jones
Madison Hemings
Michael Lonsdale
Louis XVI
Nancy Marchand
Madame Abbesse
Charlotte de Turckheim
Marie Antoinette
Lambert Wilson
Marquis de Lafayette
Vincent Cassel
Camille Desmoulins
Steve Kalfa
Dr. Guillotin
Jessica Lloyd
Julia
Todd Boyce
William Short
Nigel Whitmey
John Trumbull
Nicolas Silberg
Monsieur Petit
Elsa Zylberstein
Adrienne de Lafayette
William Moseley
George Washington de Lafayette
Vernon Dobtcheff
King's Translator
Daniel Mesguich
Mesmer
Thibault de Montalembert
Assistant
Beatrice Winde
Mary Hemings
Tim Choate
Reporter
Ismail Merchant
Royal Indian Man
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