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
Jean Piat
Figaro in “The Barber of Seville”
Robert Dartois
Count of Remusat (uncredited)
Françoise Engel
Rosine (uncredited)
Jeanne Fusier-Gir
Marie-Thérèse Champignon
Pauline Carton
Palmist
Henry Laverne
King Louis XVIII
Philippe Richard
King Louis-Philippe
José Noguéro
Duke of San Carlos
Jean Debucourt
Baron of Humboldt
Pierre Bertin
Baron of Nesselrode
José Torres
Don Juan d'Azcona
Maurice Teynac
King Charles X
Denis d'Inès
Don Basile in “The Barber of Seville”
Catherine Fonteney
Princess of Chalais (uncredited)
Dominique Davray
(uncredited)
Max Dejean
(uncredited)
Robert Favart
Abbot Dupanloup (uncredited)
Maurice Schutz
Voltaire
Michel Lemoine
Ferdinand VI (uncredited)
Georges Rivière
Marquis de la Tour (uncredited)
Robert Seller
Prince de Polignac (uncredited)
Renée Devillers
Duchess of Dino
Roger Gaillard
Lord Castelreagh
Howard Vernon
Lord Palmerston
André Brunot
Bartholo in "The Barber of Seville"
Robert Hossein
Guest in white (uncredited)
Simone Logeart
(uncredited)
Michel Nastorg
Lackey (uncredited)
Léon Walther
Doctor (uncredited)
Sacha Guitry
Talleyrand
Georges Grey
Caulaincourt
Jeanne Daury
Spanish woman (uncredited)
Sophie Mallet
(uncredited)
Georges Bréhat
(uncredited)
Lana Marconi
Madame Grand
Émile Drain
Emperor Napoléon I
Maurice Escande
Randall
Daniel Ceccaldi
Lackey (uncredited)
Bernard Dhéran
(uncredited)
Yvonne Hébert
Companion (uncredited)
Georges Spanelly
Count of Montrond
Jacques Varennes
General de La Fayette