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Crimson Curtain

Crimson Curtain

1952•1h 24m•6.2/10
Drama

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6.2/10(10)

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.

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Production

Gaumont

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

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

The bistro

Monelle Valentin

Aurélia Nobli / Lady Macbeth

Jean Brochard

Jean Brochard

Chief Inspector

Olivier Hussenot

Olivier Hussenot

Deputy Inspector Gobinet

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

The doctor on duty

Madeleine Geoffroy

An actor

Gabriel Gobin

Gabriel Gobin

Françoise Goléa

The lover on the bench

Pierre Goutas

An actor

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