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.

6.4

125 min

Cast

Sacha Guitry

as Talleyrand

Lana Marconi

as Madame Grand

Émile Drain

as Emperor Napoléon I

Jeanne Fusier-Gir

as Marie-Thérèse Champignon

Pauline Carton

as Palmist

Renée Devillers

as Duchess of Dino

Maurice Schutz

as Voltaire

Henry Laverne

as King Louis XVIII

Maurice Teynac

as King Charles X

Philippe Richard

as King Louis-Philippe

Georges Spanelly

as Count of Montrond

Georges Grey

as Caulaincourt

José Noguéro

as Duke of San Carlos

Maurice Escande

as Randall

Jean Debucourt

as Baron of Humboldt

Pierre Bertin

as Baron of Nesselrode

Roger Gaillard

as Lord Castelreagh

André Randall

as Lord Grey

Howard Vernon

as Lord Palmerston

Jacques Varennes

as General de La Fayette

José Torres

as Don Juan d'Azcona

Denis d'Inès

as Don Basile in “The Barber of Seville”

Jean Piat

as Figaro in “The Barber of Seville”

André Brunot

as Bartholo in "The Barber of Seville"

Daniel Ceccaldi

as Lackey (uncredited)

Catherine Fonteney

as Princess of Chalais (uncredited)

Anne Campion

as Pauline de Dino (uncredited)

Renée Bouzy

as (uncredited)

Georges Bréhat

as (uncredited)

Robert Dartois

as Count of Remusat (uncredited)

Jeanne Daury

as Spanish woman (uncredited)

Dominique Davray

as (uncredited)

Max Dejean

as (uncredited)

Philippe Derevel

as (uncredited)

Bernard Dhéran

as (uncredited)

Françoise Engel

as Rosine (uncredited)

Robert Favart

as Abbot Dupanloup (uncredited)

Robert Hossein

as Guest in white (uncredited)

Yvonne Hébert

as Companion (uncredited)

Pierre Lecocq

as Count of Roederer (uncredited)

Michel Lemoine

as Ferdinand VI (uncredited)

Simone Logeart

as (uncredited)

Sophie Mallet

as (uncredited)

Michel Nastorg

as Lackey (uncredited)

Georges Rivière

as Marquis de la Tour (uncredited)

Robert Seller

as Prince de Polignac (uncredited)

Léon Walther

as Doctor (uncredited)

Director

Sacha Guitry