The Devil Who Limped
Le Diable boiteux
Release: 1948-07-11
·Runtime: 125m
·★ 6.4
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.
Production Countries
France
Production Companies
Union Cinématographique Lyonnaise (UCIL)
Cast
Catherine Fonteney
as Princess of Chalais (uncredited)
Maurice Teynac
as King Charles X
André Randall
as Lord Grey
Dominique Davray
as (uncredited)
Françoise Engel
as Rosine (uncredited)
Renée Devillers
as Duchess of Dino
Maurice Schutz
as Voltaire
Georges Spanelly
as Count of Montrond
José Noguéro
as Duke of San Carlos
Pierre Bertin
as Baron of Nesselrode
Howard Vernon
as Lord Palmerston
Max Dejean
as (uncredited)
Robert Hossein
as Guest in white (uncredited)
Pauline Carton
as Palmist
Jacques Varennes
as General de La Fayette
José Torres
as Don Juan d'Azcona
Jean Piat
as Figaro in “The Barber of Seville”
Georges Bréhat
as (uncredited)
Bernard Dhéran
as (uncredited)
Simone Logeart
as (uncredited)
Georges Rivière
as Marquis de la Tour (uncredited)
Sacha Guitry
as Talleyrand
Lana Marconi
as Madame Grand
Jeanne Fusier-Gir
as Marie-Thérèse Champignon
Philippe Richard
as King Louis-Philippe
Maurice Escande
as Randall
Yvonne Hébert
as Companion (uncredited)
Robert Seller
as Prince de Polignac (uncredited)
Émile Drain
as Emperor Napoléon I
Georges Grey
as Caulaincourt
Roger Gaillard
as Lord Castelreagh
Denis d'Inès
as Don Basile in “The Barber of Seville”
Daniel Ceccaldi
as Lackey (uncredited)
Michel Nastorg
as Lackey (uncredited)
Jean Debucourt
as Baron of Humboldt
Jeanne Daury
as Spanish woman (uncredited)
Robert Favart
as Abbot Dupanloup (uncredited)
Michel Lemoine
as Ferdinand VI (uncredited)
Léon Walther
as Doctor (uncredited)
Henry Laverne
as King Louis XVIII
André Brunot
as Bartholo in "The Barber of Seville"
Robert Dartois
as Count of Remusat (uncredited)
Sophie Mallet
as (uncredited)
