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