The Devil Who Limped
History
The film is a 125-minute, black-and-white biography of French priest and diplomat Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754–1838), who served for 50 years under five different French regimes: the Absolute Monarchy, the Revolution, the Consulate, the Empire, and the Constitutional Monarchy. Its title comes from one of the main historical nicknames for Talleyrand, that he shares with demon king Asmodeus and English poet Lord Byron.
Cast
Roger Gaillard
Lord Castelreagh
Max Dejean
(uncredited)
Pierre Bertin
Baron of Nesselrode
Howard Vernon
Lord Palmerston
Denis d'Inès
Don Basile in “The Barber of Seville”
Daniel Ceccaldi
Lackey (uncredited)
Catherine Fonteney
Princess of Chalais (uncredited)
Robert Dartois
Count of Remusat (uncredited)
Michel Lemoine
Ferdinand VI (uncredited)
Renée Devillers
Duchess of Dino
Bernard Dhéran
(uncredited)
Françoise Engel
Rosine (uncredited)
Simone Logeart
(uncredited)
André Brunot
Bartholo in "The Barber of Seville"
Maurice Teynac
King Charles X
Philippe Richard
King Louis-Philippe
Dominique Davray
(uncredited)
Robert Hossein
Guest in white (uncredited)
Sophie Mallet
(uncredited)
Michel Nastorg
Lackey (uncredited)
Sacha Guitry
Talleyrand
Pauline Carton
Palmist
Georges Grey
Caulaincourt
Jacques Varennes
General de La Fayette
Léon Walther
Doctor (uncredited)
Jeanne Fusier-Gir
Marie-Thérèse Champignon
Georges Bréhat
(uncredited)
Jeanne Daury
Spanish woman (uncredited)
Robert Seller
Prince de Polignac (uncredited)
Émile Drain
Emperor Napoléon I
Henry Laverne
King Louis XVIII
José Noguéro
Duke of San Carlos
Maurice Escande
Randall
Jean Debucourt
Baron of Humboldt
Robert Favart
Abbot Dupanloup (uncredited)
Yvonne Hébert
Companion (uncredited)
Georges Rivière
Marquis de la Tour (uncredited)
José Torres
Don Juan d'Azcona
Jean Piat
Figaro in “The Barber of Seville”
Lana Marconi
Madame Grand
Maurice Schutz
Voltaire
Georges Spanelly
Count of Montrond