Crimson Curtain

Crimson Curtain

1952 · 84 min · ★ 6.6 · 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.

Directed by André Barsacq

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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
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

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