Le Diable boiteux

6.4

125 minutes

7/11/1948

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 List

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