The Devil Who Limped

July. 11,1948      
Rating:
6.9
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Sacha Guitry as  Talleyrand
Lana Marconi as  Mme Grand
Émile Drain as  Napoléon 1er
Daniel Ceccaldi as  Un laquais (non crédité)
Jeanne Fusier-Gir as  Marie-Thérèse Champignon
Pauline Carton as  La chiromancienne
Maurice Schutz as  Voltaire
Henry Laverne as  Louis XVIII
Maurice Teynac as  Charles X
Philippe Richard as  Louis-Philippe