Crimson Curtain
1952Bertal, 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.
Acted in
Michel Barsacq
as Pierrette's youngest son
Edmond Beauchamp
as The actor who plays King Duncan
Pierre Brasseur
as Ludovic Arn / Macbeth
Michel Simon
as Lucien Bertal / Léonard, his understudy / Banquo
Paul Barge
as The bistro
Monelle Valentin
as Aurélia Nobli / Lady Macbeth
Jean Brochard
as Chief Inspector
Olivier Hussenot
as Deputy Inspector Gobinet
Lucien Blondeau
Louis Bugette
Daniel Cauchy
as Léon
Gérard Darrieu
as A stagehand in the theater
Jacques Denoël
as An actor
Jacques Dufilho
as An actor
Michel Etcheverry
as An actor
Henri Gaultier
as The doctor on duty
Madeleine Geoffroy
as An actor
Gabriel Gobin
Françoise Goléa
as The lover on the bench
Pierre Goutas
as An actor
Michel Herbault
as Laurent, an actor
Katherine Kath
as A witch in Macbeth
Benoîte Labb
as A witch in Macbeth
Paul Laurent
Robert Le Béal
as An actor
Serge Lecointe
as Pierrette's eldest son
Robert Le Fort
Robert Lombard
as An actor
François Marié
as The lover on the bench
Paul Mathos
as Garnier
Geneviève Morel
as Pierrette, l'habilleuse
Jean-Paul Moulinot
Hubert Noël
André Numès
as Police Constable Vernier
Marcel Pérès
as The machinist who makes the wind
Jacques Rispal
as The actor with the shaved head
Christian Simon
as The young actor who plays Fléance
Georgette Talazac
as The opener who knits
Catherine Toth
as A witch in Macbeth
André Versini
as A radio journalist
Noël Roquevert
as Sigurd
Jacques Beauvais
as A spectator at the theater (uncredited)
Charles Bouillaud
as The policeman at the police station (uncredited)
Georges Demas
as A spectator at the theater / An extra in Macbeth (uncredited)
Rudy Lenoir
as An actor (uncredited)
Raymond Pierson
as An extra in Macbeth / A spectator at the theater (uncredited)
Louis Saintève
as A spectator at the theater (uncredited)
Françoise Soulié
as (uncredited)
Eugène Stuber
as A soldier in Macbeth (uncredited)