The Crimson Curtain
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A twenty year old Anouk Aimée stars as Albertine, the daughter of a bourgeois couple who house a young officer during the Napoleonic wars. Newly promoted, the officer (Jean-Claude Pascal) is quartered by a dull bourgeois couple who treat him with a cold politeness bordering on indifference.
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Cast
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Anouk Aimée
Albertine
Known for
8½
La Dolce Vita
Jean-Claude Pascal
L'officier
Known for
Angelique and the Sultan
Alexandre Astruc
Also in
Charlotte
A Girl in a Pocket
Eugen Schüfftan
Jules-Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly
Sacha Kamenka
Marguerite Garcya
Albertine's mother
Also in
Justice Is Done
Full House
Janine Jarreau
Jim Gérald
Albertine's father
Known for
The Barefoot Contessa
Moulin Rouge
Mayo
Yves Furet
Known for
OSS 117: Mission for a Killer
Jean Mitry
Alexandre Astruc Director · Jules-Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly Author Eugen Schüfftan Cinematographer
First release April 23, 1952 · Produced in France · Production Como Film
Production
Argos films
Production
Como Film
Production
France
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Languages
Original title
Le Rideau cramoisi
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · April 23, 1952
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
France · March 6, 1953
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
December 30, 1962 · TV premiere
Mexico
August 22, 1962
Portugal
May 13, 1979 · Porto Cineclube do Norte
Sweden
November 5, 1956
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