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