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