
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

Robert Lombard
An actor

Pierre Brasseur
Ludovic Arn / Macbeth

Michel Simon
Lucien Bertal / Léonard, his understudy / Banquo

Gérard Darrieu
A stagehand in the theater

Madeleine Geoffroy
An actor

Katherine Kath
A witch in Macbeth

André Versini
A radio journalist

Louis Bugette

Jacques Denoël
An actor

Gabriel Gobin

Geneviève Morel
Pierrette, l'habilleuse

Marcel Pérès
The machinist who makes the wind

Jacques Rispal
The actor with the shaved head

Jean Brochard
Chief Inspector

Hubert Noël

André Numès
Police Constable Vernier

Charles Bouillaud
The policeman at the police station (uncredited)

Olivier Hussenot
Deputy Inspector Gobinet

Michel Herbault
Laurent, an actor

Noël Roquevert
Sigurd

Jacques Beauvais
A spectator at the theater (uncredited)

Eugène Stuber
A soldier in Macbeth (uncredited)

Jacques Dufilho
An actor

Robert Le Fort

Rudy Lenoir
An actor (uncredited)

Edmond Beauchamp
The actor who plays King Duncan

Daniel Cauchy
Léon

Georges Demas
A spectator at the theater / An extra in Macbeth (uncredited)

Michel Etcheverry
An actor

Robert Le Béal
An actor