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