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