Crimson Curtain

Crimson Curtain

84 mins | Drama | Nov. 14, 1952

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.

Crimson Curtain

84 mins | Drama | Nov. 14, 1952

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.
Producers Gaumont
Original title Le rideau rouge
Directors André Barsacq
Writers Jean Anouilh, André Barsacq

Cast

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

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

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

Robert le Béal

as An actor

Serge Lecointe

as Pierrette's eldest son

Robert Lombard

as An actor

François Marié

as The lover on the bench

Paul Mathos

as Garnier

Geneviève Morel

as Pierrette, l'habilleuse

André Numès Fils

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)