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.

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Cast

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

Philippe Richard

King Louis-Philippe

Georges Spanelly

Count of Montrond

Georges Grey

Caulaincourt