The Devil Who Limped (1948)
Overview
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
Maurice Schutz
Voltaire
Henry Laverne
King Louis XVIII
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
Howard Vernon
Lord Palmerston
Jacques Varennes
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