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