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