Jefferson in Paris

Jefferson in Paris

1995
2h 19m
5.0

5.0/10

45 votes • View on IMDb

"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.

Status: Released

Budget: $14,000,000

Revenue: $2,474,000

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Merchant Ivory Productions
Production Countries
France
Spoken Languages
English

Quick Facts

Release Date March 31, 1995
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0113463

Cast

Nick Nolte
Nick Nolte

Thomas Jefferson

Greta Scacchi
Greta Scacchi

Maria Cosway

Thandiwe Newton
Thandiwe Newton

Sally Hemings

Gwyneth Paltrow
Gwyneth Paltrow

Patsy Jefferson

Jean-Pierre Aumont
Jean-Pierre Aumont

D'Hancarville

Simon Callow
Simon Callow

Richard Cosway

Seth Gilliam
Seth Gilliam

James Hemings

James Earl Jones
James Earl Jones

Madison Hemings

Michael Lonsdale
Michael Lonsdale

Louis XVI

Nancy Marchand
Nancy Marchand

Madame Abbesse

Charlotte de Turckheim
Charlotte de Turckheim

Marie Antoinette

Lambert Wilson
Lambert Wilson

Marquis de Lafayette

Key Crew

James Ivory
Director
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Writer
Ismail Merchant
Producer
Donald Rosenfeld
Executive Producer
Paul Bradley
Executive Producer