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