---
title: 'Jefferson in Paris (1995)'
type: 'film'
director: 'James Ivory'
released: '1995-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 139
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/jefferson-in-paris-1995'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113463/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Jefferson in Paris (1995)

1995 · 139 min · Drama, History · France, United States


## Synopsis

Jefferson in Paris is a 1995 historical drama film, directed by James Ivory, and previously entitled Head and Heart. The screenplay, by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, is a semi-fictional account of Thomas Jefferson's tenure as the Ambassador of the United States to France before his presidency and of his relationships with Italian-English artist Maria Cosway and his slave, Sally Hemings.

## Credits

- **Producer:** [Ismail Merchant](https://cinepixo.com/people/ismail-merchant), [Humbert Balsan](https://cinepixo.com/people/humbert-balsan), [Donald Rosenfeld](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-rosenfeld)
- **Director:** [James Ivory](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-ivory)
- **Screenplay:** [Ruth Prawer Jhabvala](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruth-prawer-jhabvala)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Richard Robbins](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-robbins)
- **Director of Photography:** [Pierre Lhomme](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-lhomme)
- **Editor:** [Andrew Marcus](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrew-marcus)

## Cast

- [Todd Boyce](https://cinepixo.com/people/todd-boyce) as William Short
- [Lionel Robert](https://cinepixo.com/people/lionel-robert) as Cook's Helper
- [Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu](https://cinepixo.com/people/philippine-leroy-beaulieu) as Head and Heart Game
- [Damien Groelle](https://cinepixo.com/people/damien-groelle) as Louis XVII of France
- [Catherine Samie](https://cinepixo.com/people/catherine-samie) as Cook
- [Olivier Galfione](https://cinepixo.com/people/olivier-galfione)
- [Charlotte de Turckheim](https://cinepixo.com/people/charlotte-de-turckheim) as Marie Antoinette
- [Marie Laurence Anna Hantson](https://cinepixo.com/people/marie-laurence-anna-hantson)
- [Anthony Valentine](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-valentine) as British Ambassador
- [Stanislas Carré de Malberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanislas-carre-de-malberg) as le chirurgien
- [Bruno Putzulu](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruno-putzulu) as Les aristocrates libéraux
- [Philippe Girard](https://cinepixo.com/people/philippe-girard)
- [Estelle Eonnet](https://cinepixo.com/people/estelle-eonnet) as Mary Jefferson Eppes
- [Jean-Paul Fouchécourt](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-paul-fouchecourt) as Dardanus
- [Nicolas Silberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicolas-silberg)

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Official site: http://merchantivory.com/jefferson.html
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/jefferson-in-paris-1995
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