Crimson Curtain

Overview

Bertal, a despotic and hated theater director, is assassinated before a performance of Macbeth in which he was to play with Aurélia Nobli, his companion and Ludovic Arn, her lover. The police arrive on the scene and the investigation begins. Suspicion first falls on Sigurd, an old actor who had threatened Bertal. But parallels appear between the characters in the play and the actors who play them.

Directed by André Barsacq

Top cast

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Michel Barsacq

Pierrette's youngest son

Edmond Beauchamp

The actor who plays King Duncan

Pierre Brasseur

Ludovic Arn / Macbeth

Michel Simon

Lucien Bertal / Léonard, his understudy / Banquo

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Paul Barge

The bistro

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Monelle Valentin

Aurélia Nobli / Lady Macbeth

Jean Brochard

Chief Inspector

Olivier Hussenot

Deputy Inspector Gobinet

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Lucien Blondeau

Louis Bugette

Daniel Cauchy

Léon

Gérard Darrieu

A stagehand in the theater

Jacques Denoël

An actor

Jacques Dufilho

An actor

Michel Etcheverry

An actor

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Henri Gaultier

The doctor on duty

Madeleine Geoffroy

An actor

Gabriel Gobin

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Françoise Goléa

The lover on the bench

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Pierre Goutas

An actor

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