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