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.
Sacha Guitry
Director, Writer
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
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