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