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