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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.
Michel Barsacq
as Pierrette's youngest son

Edmond Beauchamp
as The actor who plays King Duncan

Pierre Brasseur
as Ludovic Arn / Macbeth

Michel Simon
as Lucien Bertal / Léonard, his understudy / Banquo
Paul Barge
as The bistro
Monelle Valentin
as Aurélia Nobli / Lady Macbeth

Jean Brochard
as Chief Inspector
Le Rideau rouge
November 14, 1952 · 1h 24m
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.
Michel Barsacq
as Pierrette's youngest son

Edmond Beauchamp
as The actor who plays King Duncan

Pierre Brasseur
as Ludovic Arn / Macbeth

Michel Simon
as Lucien Bertal / Léonard, his understudy / Banquo
Paul Barge
as The bistro
Monelle Valentin
as Aurélia Nobli / Lady Macbeth

Jean Brochard
as Chief Inspector