The Curtain Rises () is a 1938 French crime film directed by Marc Allégret and starring Louis Jouvet, Claude Dauphin and Odette Joyeux. It was shot at the Epinay Studios in Paris and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Jacques Krauss and Alexandre Trauner.
Cast
Louis Jouvet as Le professeur Lambertin
Claude Dauphin as François Polti
Odette Joyeux as Coecilia
Janine Darcey as Isabelle
André Brunot as Monsieur Grenaison
Madeleine Lambert as Élisabeth
Roger Blin as Dominique
Noël Roquevert as Pignolet
Julien Carette as Lurette
Marcel Dalio as le juge d'instruction
Bernard Blier as Pescani
Yves Brainville as Sylvestre
André Roussin as Giflard
Robert Pizani as Jérome
Bibliography
Dudley Andrew. Mists of Regret: Culture and Sensibility in Classic French Film. Princeton University Press, 1995.