The Lame Devil (film)

The Lame Devil
French	Le Diable boiteux
Directed by	Sacha Guitry
Written by	Sacha Guitry
Produced by	Jean Mugeli
Starring	Sacha Guitry Lana Marconi Émile Drain Henry Laverne Maurice Teynac
Narrated by	Sacha Guitry
Cinematography	Nicolas Toporkoff
Edited by	Jeannette Berton
Music by	Louis Beydts
Production company	Union Cinématographique Lyonnaise (UCIL)
Distributed by	Compagnie Parisienne de Location de Films, Gaumont
Release date	29 September 1948 (1948-09-29)
Running time	125 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

The Lame Devil (UK: The Devil Who Limped;^[1] original title: Le Diable boiteux, French for "the devil with a limp") is a 1948 French black-and-white historical film written and directed by Sacha Guitry. A biography of the titular French diplomat Talleyrand (1754–1838), it stars Guitry in the lead role. Originally forbidden by the French censor^[2] and turned into a play, the film went on to be released into six languages.