Film
The Devil Who Limped
1948 · 125 min · ★ 6.9 · Dir. Sacha Guitry
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.
Starring
Sacha Guitry
Talleyrand
Lana Marconi
Mme Grand
Émile Drain
Napoléon 1er
Daniel Ceccaldi
Un laquais (uncredited)
Jeanne Fusier-Gir
Marie-Thérèse Champignon
Pauline Carton
La chiromancienne
Renée Devillers
la duchesse de Dino
Catherine Fonteney
la princesse de Chalais
Maurice Schutz
Voltaire
Henry Laverne
Louis XVIII
Maurice Teynac
Charles X
Philippe Richard
Louis-Philippe
Georges Spanelly
Le comte de Montrond
Georges Grey
Caulaincourt
José Noguéro
Le duc de San Carlos
Maurice Escande
Randall
Jean Debucourt
Le baron de Humboldt
Pierre Bertin
Le baron de Nesselrode