Crimson Curtain

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.

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