The Lame Devil
Le diable boiteux
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.
Direction
Screenplay
Cast
Sacha Guitry
Talleyrand
Lana Marconi
Madame Grand
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Émile Drain
L'empereur Napoléon 1er
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Henry Laverne
Le roi Louis XVIII
Maurice Teynac
Le roi Charles X
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Philippe Richard
Le roi Louis-Philippe
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Georges Spanelly
Le comte de Montrond
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Renée Devillers
La duchesse de Dino
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Georges Grey
Caulaincourt
Jeanne Fusier-Gir
Marie-Thérèse Champignon
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Louis Beydts
Composer
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Nikolai Toporkoff
Cinematographer