The Devil Who Limped (1948)
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.
The Devil Who LimpedHistory
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
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