Jefferson in Paris
5.034
139 minutes
3/31/1995
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.
Cast List
Nick Nolte
as Thomas Jefferson
Greta Scacchi
as Maria Cosway
Thandiwe Newton
as Sally Hemings
Gwyneth Paltrow
as Patsy Jefferson
Jean-Pierre Aumont
as D'Hancarville
Simon Callow
as Richard Cosway
Seth Gilliam
as James Hemings
James Earl Jones
as Madison Hemings
Michael Lonsdale
as Louis XVI
Nancy Marchand
as Madame Abbesse
Charlotte de Turckheim
as Marie Antoinette
Lambert Wilson
as Marquis de Lafayette
Vincent Cassel
as Camille Desmoulins
Steve Kalfa
as Dr. Guillotin
Jessica Lloyd
as Julia
Todd Boyce
as William Short
Nigel Whitmey
as John Trumbull
Nicolas Silberg
as Monsieur Petit
Elsa Zylberstein
as Adrienne de Lafayette
William Moseley
as George Washington de Lafayette
Vernon Dobtcheff
as King's Translator
Daniel Mesguich
as Mesmer
Thibault de Montalembert
as Assistant
Beatrice Winde
as Mary Hemings
Tim Choate
as Reporter
Ismail Merchant
as Royal Indian Man
Scott Thrun
as Head and Heart Game