The Uprising
2026 · History · Drama
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Film / 1995
Jefferson in Paris
Directed by
James Ivory
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.
The story
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
Nick NolteThomas Jefferson
Greta ScacchiMaria Cosway
Thandiwe NewtonSally Hemings
Gwyneth PaltrowPatsy Jefferson
Jean-Pierre AumontD'Hancarville
Simon CallowRichard Cosway
Seth GilliamJames Hemings
James Earl JonesMadison Hemings
Michael LonsdaleLouis XVI
Nancy MarchandMadame Abbesse
Charlotte de TurckheimMarie Antoinette
Lambert WilsonMarquis de Lafayette
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Vincent CasselCamille Desmoulins
Steve KalfaDr. Guillotin
Jessica LloydJulia
Todd BoyceWilliam Short
Nigel WhitmeyJohn Trumbull
Nicolas SilbergMonsieur Petit
Elsa ZylbersteinAdrienne de Lafayette
William MoseleyGeorge Washington de Lafayette
Vernon DobtcheffKing's Translator
Daniel MesguichMesmer
Thibault de MontalembertAssistant
Beatrice WindeMary Hemings
Tim ChoateReporter
Ismail MerchantRoyal Indian Man
Scott ThrunHead and Heart Game
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