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The Devil Who Limped (1948)

The Devil Who Limped (1948)

History
Release Date: 1948, July 11
Directors: Sacha Guitry
Countries: France
Production: Union Cinématographique Lyonnaise (UCIL), Union Cinématographique Lyonnaise (UCIL)
Cast: Maurice Teynac, Robert Favart, Howard Vernon, Pauline Carton, Georges Rivière, Dominique Davray, Pierre Bertin, Robert Hossein, José Torres, Jean Piat, Bernard Dhéran, Philippe Richard

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.