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The Devil Who Limped

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.

1948 |2h 5m |  History

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Lana Marconi

Madame Grand

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Émile Drain

Emperor Napoléon I

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Jeanne Fusier-Gir

Marie-Thérèse Champignon

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Pauline Carton

Palmist

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Renée Devillers

Duchess of Dino

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Maurice Schutz

Voltaire

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Henry Laverne

King Louis XVIII

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Maurice Teynac

King Charles X

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Philippe Richard

King Louis-Philippe

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Georges Spanelly

Count of Montrond

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Georges Grey

Caulaincourt

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José Noguéro

Duke of San Carlos

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Maurice Escande

Randall

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Jean Debucourt

Baron of Humboldt

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Pierre Bertin

Baron of Nesselrode

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Roger Gaillard

Lord Castelreagh

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André Randall

Lord Grey

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Howard Vernon

Lord Palmerston

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Jacques Varennes

General de La Fayette

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José Torres

Don Juan d'Azcona

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Denis d'Inès

Don Basile in “The Barber of Seville”

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Jean Piat

Figaro in “The Barber of Seville”

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André Brunot

Bartholo in "The Barber of Seville"

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Daniel Ceccaldi

Lackey (uncredited)

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Catherine Fonteney

Princess of Chalais (uncredited)

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Georges Bréhat

(uncredited)

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Robert Dartois

Count of Remusat (uncredited)

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Jeanne Daury

Spanish woman (uncredited)

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Dominique Davray

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Max Dejean

(uncredited)

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Bernard Dhéran

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Françoise Engel

Rosine (uncredited)

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Robert Favart

Abbot Dupanloup (uncredited)

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Robert Hossein

Guest in white (uncredited)

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Yvonne Hébert

Companion (uncredited)

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Michel Lemoine

Ferdinand VI (uncredited)

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Simone Logeart

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Sophie Mallet

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Michel Nastorg

Lackey (uncredited)

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Georges Rivière

Marquis de la Tour (uncredited)

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Robert Seller

Prince de Polignac (uncredited)

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Léon Walther

Doctor (uncredited)

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Status

Released

Language

French

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