Le rideau rouge 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.

Cast:

Michel Barsacq
Pierrette's youngest son 

Edmond Beauchamp
The actor who plays King Duncan 

Pierre Brasseur
Ludovic Arn / Macbeth 

Michel Simon
Lucien Bertal / Léonard, his understudy / Banquo 

Paul Barge
The bistro 

Monelle Valentin
Aurélia Nobli / Lady Macbeth 

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