Movie · 1952
Crimson Curtain
Released 14 November 1952 84 min Drama More from 1952 → IMDb ↗ · Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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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How old were they?
Louis Saintève
as A spectator at the theater (uncredited)
Paul Barge
as The bistro
Jean Brochard
as Chief Inspector
Noël Roquevert
as Sigurd
Michel Simon
as Lucien Bertal / Léonard, his understudy / Banquo
Marcel Pérès
as The machinist who makes the wind
Edmond Beauchamp
as The actor who plays King Duncan
Gabriel Gobin
Louis Bugette
Pierre Brasseur
as Ludovic Arn / Macbeth
Robert Le Fort
Olivier Hussenot
as Deputy Inspector Gobinet
Rudy Lenoir
as An actor (uncredited)
Jacques Dufilho
as An actor
Monelle Valentin
as Aurélia Nobli / Lady Macbeth
Michel Etcheverry
as An actor
Jacques Denoël
as An actor
Jacques Rispal
as The actor with the shaved head
Gérard Darrieu
as A stagehand in the theater
Michel Herbault
as Laurent, an actor
Daniel Cauchy
as Léon
Michel Barsacq
as Pierrette's youngest son
Lucien Blondeau
Pierre Goutas
as An actor
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The numbers
48years between the oldest and youngest billed
70Louis Saintève — oldest on the call sheet
22Daniel Cauchy — youngest billed
44average age of the credited cast