Crimson Curtain

Crimson Curtain

Original Title: Le Rideau rouge
Release: 1952 | Community Score: 62%

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

Michel Barsacq

Pierrette's youngest son
Edmond Beauchamp

Edmond Beauchamp

The actor who plays King Duncan
Pierre Brasseur

Pierre Brasseur

Ludovic Arn / Macbeth
Michel Simon

Michel Simon

Lucien Bertal / Léonard, his understudy / Banquo
Paul Barge

Paul Barge

The bistro
Monelle Valentin

Monelle Valentin

Aurélia Nobli / Lady Macbeth
Jean Brochard

Jean Brochard

Chief Inspector
Olivier Hussenot

Olivier Hussenot

Deputy Inspector Gobinet
Lucien Blondeau

Lucien Blondeau

Louis Bugette

Louis Bugette

Daniel Cauchy

Daniel Cauchy

Léon
Gérard Darrieu

Gérard Darrieu

A stagehand in the theater
Jacques Denoël

Jacques Denoël

An actor
Jacques Dufilho

Jacques Dufilho

An actor
Michel Etcheverry

Michel Etcheverry

An actor
Henri Gaultier

Henri Gaultier

The doctor on duty
Madeleine Geoffroy

Madeleine Geoffroy

An actor
Gabriel Gobin

Gabriel Gobin

Françoise Goléa

Françoise Goléa

The lover on the bench
Pierre Goutas

Pierre Goutas

An actor
Michel Herbault

Michel Herbault

Laurent, an actor
Katherine Kath

Katherine Kath

A witch in Macbeth
Benoîte Labb

Benoîte Labb

A witch in Macbeth
Paul Laurent

Paul Laurent

Robert Le Béal

Robert Le Béal

An actor
Serge Lecointe

Serge Lecointe

Pierrette's eldest son
Robert Le Fort

Robert Le Fort

Robert Lombard

Robert Lombard

An actor
François Marié

François Marié

The lover on the bench
Paul Mathos

Paul Mathos

Garnier
Geneviève Morel

Geneviève Morel

Pierrette, l'habilleuse
Hubert Noël

Hubert Noël

André Numès

André Numès

Police Constable Vernier
Marcel Pérès

Marcel Pérès

The machinist who makes the wind
Jacques Rispal

Jacques Rispal

The actor with the shaved head
Christian Simon

Christian Simon

The young actor who plays Fléance
Georgette Talazac

Georgette Talazac

The opener who knits
Catherine Toth

Catherine Toth

A witch in Macbeth
André Versini

André Versini

A radio journalist
Noël Roquevert

Noël Roquevert

Sigurd
Jacques Beauvais

Jacques Beauvais

A spectator at the theater (uncredited)
Charles Bouillaud

Charles Bouillaud

The policeman at the police station (uncredited)
Georges Demas

Georges Demas

A spectator at the theater / An extra in Macbeth (uncredited)
Rudy Lenoir

Rudy Lenoir

An actor (uncredited)
Raymond Pierson

Raymond Pierson

An extra in Macbeth / A spectator at the theater (uncredited)
Louis Saintève

Louis Saintève

A spectator at the theater (uncredited)
Françoise Soulié

Françoise Soulié

(uncredited)
Eugène Stuber

Eugène Stuber

A soldier in Macbeth (uncredited)