Émile Drain

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.

A beautiful young pianist falls for her mentor.

Proud, eccentric, and antisocial, Monsieur Hire has always kept to himself. But after a woman turns up dead in the Paris suburb where he lives, he feels drawn to a pretty young newcomer to town and discovers that his neighbors are only too ready to suspect the worst of him.

She's working in a big store, he's a typographer and they lost their winning lottery ticket.

The history of one of France's most famous streets is retold, featuring multiple performances from Guitry himself.

A propaganda film of the communist party of France, showing how the comrades help the proletariat against the capitalists.

A French washerwoman becomes a duchess and a friend of Napoleon.