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Crimson Curtain (1952)

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 1H 24M

Director : André Barsacq

Synopsis

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.

Actors

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
Jean-Paul Moulinot
Jean-Paul Moulinot
Hubert Noël
Hubert Noël
André Numès Fils
André Numès Fils
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)

Crews

André Barsacq
André Barsacq
Director
André Barsacq
André Barsacq
Scenario Writer
Jean Anouilh
Jean Anouilh
Dialogue
Joseph Kosma
Joseph Kosma
Music Director
François Chavane
François Chavane
Production Director

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