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.

History

Sacha Guitry

(Talleyrand)

Lana Marconi

(Madame Grand)

Émile Drain

(Emperor Napoléon I)

Jeanne Fusier-Gir

(Marie-Thérèse Champignon)

Pauline Carton

(Palmist)

Renée Devillers

(Duchess of Dino)

Maurice Schutz

(Voltaire)

Henry Laverne

(King Louis XVIII)

Maurice Teynac

(King Charles X)

Philippe Richard

(King Louis-Philippe)

Georges Spanelly

(Count of Montrond)

Georges Grey

(Caulaincourt)

José Noguéro

(Duke of San Carlos)

Maurice Escande

(Randall)

Jean Debucourt

(Baron of Humboldt)

Pierre Bertin

(Baron of Nesselrode)

Roger Gaillard

(Lord Castelreagh)

André Randall

(Lord Grey)

Howard Vernon

(Lord Palmerston)

Jacques Varennes

(General de La Fayette)

José Torres

(Don Juan d'Azcona)

Denis d'Inès

(Don Basile in “The Barber of Seville”)

Jean Piat

(Figaro in “The Barber of Seville”)

André Brunot

(Bartholo in "The Barber of Seville")

Daniel Ceccaldi

(Lackey (uncredited))

Catherine Fonteney

(Princess of Chalais (uncredited))

Anne Campion

(Pauline de Dino (uncredited))

Renée Bouzy

((uncredited))

Georges Bréhat

((uncredited))

Robert Dartois

(Count of Remusat (uncredited))

Jeanne Daury

(Spanish woman (uncredited))

Dominique Davray

((uncredited))

Max Dejean

((uncredited))

Philippe Derevel

((uncredited))

Bernard Dhéran

((uncredited))

Françoise Engel

(Rosine (uncredited))

Robert Favart

(Abbot Dupanloup (uncredited))

Robert Hossein

(Guest in white (uncredited))

Yvonne Hébert

(Companion (uncredited))

Pierre Lecocq

(Count of Roederer (uncredited))

Michel Lemoine

(Ferdinand VI (uncredited))

Simone Logeart

((uncredited))

Sophie Mallet

((uncredited))

Michel Nastorg

(Lackey (uncredited))

Georges Rivière

(Marquis de la Tour (uncredited))

Robert Seller

(Prince de Polignac (uncredited))

Léon Walther

(Doctor (uncredited))