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.

The actor who plays King Duncan

Ludovic Arn / Macbeth

Lucien Bertal / Léonard, his understudy / Banquo

Chief Inspector

Deputy Inspector Gobinet

Acting

Léon

A stagehand in the theater

An actor

An actor

An actor

Acting
November 14, 1952

The actor who plays King Duncan

Ludovic Arn / Macbeth

Lucien Bertal / Léonard, his understudy / Banquo

Chief Inspector

Deputy Inspector Gobinet

Acting

Léon

A stagehand in the theater

An actor

An actor

An actor

Acting
