Movie
Jefferson in Paris
Released: March 31, 1995 (1995)
Runtime: 139 minutes
Genres: 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.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Jean-Pierre Aumont as D'Hancarville
Age at release: 84
- Nancy Marchand as Madame Abbesse
Age at release: 66
- James Earl Jones as Madison Hemings
Age at release: 64
- Michael Lonsdale as Louis XVI
Age at release: 63
- Nick Nolte as Thomas Jefferson
Age at release: 54
- Simon Callow as Richard Cosway
Age at release: 45
- Greta Scacchi as Maria Cosway
Age at release: 35
- Seth Gilliam as James Hemings
Age at release: 26
- Thandiwe Newton as Sally Hemings
Age at release: 22
- Gwyneth Paltrow as Patsy Jefferson
Age at release: 22
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- Beatrice Winde as Mary Hemings
Age at release: 71
- Vernon Dobtcheff as King's Translator
Age at release: 60
- Nicolas Silberg as Monsieur Petit
Age at release: 51
- Daniel Mesguich as Mesmer
Age at release: 42
- Tim Choate as Reporter
Age at release: 40
- Charlotte de Turckheim as Marie Antoinette
Age at release: 39
- Steve Kalfa as Dr. Guillotin
Age at release: 39
- Lambert Wilson as Marquis de Lafayette
Age at release: 36
- Todd Boyce as William Short
Age at release: 34
- Thibault de Montalembert as Assistant
Age at release: 33
- Nigel Whitmey as John Trumbull
Age at release: 32
- Vincent Cassel as Camille Desmoulins
Age at release: 28
- Elsa Zylberstein as Adrienne de Lafayette
Age at release: 26
- William Moseley as George Washington de Lafayette
Age at release: 7
- Jessica Lloyd as Julia
Age at release: Unknown
- Scott Thrun as Head and Heart Game
Age at release: Unknown