The Devil Who Limped
11/07/1948
2h 5m



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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


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)
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