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