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