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Jefferson in Paris

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.

1995 |2h 19m |  Drama, Romance, History

Videos

Cast

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Nick Nolte

Thomas Jefferson

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Greta Scacchi

Maria Cosway

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Thandiwe Newton

Sally Hemings

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Gwyneth Paltrow

Patsy Jefferson

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Jean-Pierre Aumont

D'Hancarville

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Simon Callow

Richard Cosway

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Seth Gilliam

James Hemings

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James Earl Jones

Madison Hemings

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Michael Lonsdale

Louis XVI

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Nancy Marchand

Madame Abbesse

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Charlotte de Turckheim

Marie Antoinette

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Lambert Wilson

Marquis de Lafayette

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Vincent Cassel

Camille Desmoulins

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Steve Kalfa

Dr. Guillotin

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Todd Boyce

William Short

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Nigel Whitmey

John Trumbull

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Nicolas Silberg

Monsieur Petit

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Elsa Zylberstein

Adrienne de Lafayette

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William Moseley

George Washington de Lafayette

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Vernon Dobtcheff

King's Translator

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Daniel Mesguich

Mesmer

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Thibault de Montalembert

Assistant

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Beatrice Winde

Mary Hemings

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Tim Choate

Reporter

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Status

Released

Language

English

Budget

$14,000,000.00

Revenue

$2,474,000.00