Jefferson in Paris
Jefferson in Paris
Release: 1995-03-31
·Runtime: 139m
·★ 5.0
Drama
Romance
History
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 Countries
France
United States of America
United Kingdom
Production Companies
Merchant Ivory Productions
Touchstone Pictures
Franco London Films
Gaumont
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Nigel Whitmey
as John Trumbull
Elsa Zylberstein
as Adrienne de Lafayette
Beatrice Winde
as Mary Hemings
Jean-Pierre Aumont
as D'Hancarville
James Earl Jones
as Madison Hemings
Lambert Wilson
as Marquis de Lafayette
Steve Kalfa
as Dr. Guillotin
Todd Boyce
as William Short
William Moseley
as George Washington de Lafayette
Thibault de Montalembert
as Assistant
Tim Choate
as Reporter
Greta Scacchi
as Maria Cosway
Thandiwe Newton
as Sally Hemings
Nicolas Silberg
as Monsieur Petit
Vernon Dobtcheff
as King's Translator
Daniel Mesguich
as Mesmer
Ismail Merchant
as Royal Indian Man
Gwyneth Paltrow
as Patsy Jefferson
Seth Gilliam
as James Hemings
Michael Lonsdale
as Louis XVI
Nancy Marchand
as Madame Abbesse
Scott Thrun
as Head and Heart Game
Nick Nolte
as Thomas Jefferson
Simon Callow
as Richard Cosway
Charlotte de Turckheim
as Marie Antoinette
Vincent Cassel
as Camille Desmoulins
