1938, France, Paris, at the Superior Conservatory of Dramatic Art ("Conservatoire Supérieur d'Art Dramatique"). The first-year entrance exams are in full swing. Many applicants, few accepted. Isabelle (Janine Darcey) is one of the few chosen. She joins former students from the second and third years, including François (Claude Dauphin) and Cécilia (Odette Joyeux). They attend the drama class run by Professor Lambertin (Louis Jouvet). The young people, passionate and eager to become comedians, clash in tumultuous love affairs, because by dint of acting, they imagine that life is a farce. François, for example, is in love with Isabelle, who also loves him, but is pursued by Cecilia, his former mistress... "Put art in your life and life in your art!"
Unfortunately the movie The Curtain Rises is not yet available on HBO Max.
Directing | Marc Allégret | Director |
Writing | Marc Allégret | Writer |
Writing | Marc Allégret | Adaptation |
Camera | Roger Kahan | Set Photographer |
Production | Lucien Pinoteau | General Manager |
Editing | Yvonne Martin | Editor |
Sound | Georges Auric | Original Music Composer |
Sound | Georges Leblond | Sound Engineer |
Writing | André Cayatte | Writer |
Writing | André Cayatte | Adaptation |
Camera | Christian Matras | Director of Photography |
Camera | Ernest Bourreaud | Director of Photography |
Camera | Henri Pecqueux | Set Photographer |
Writing | Henri Jeanson | Dialogue |
Camera | Ernest Bourreaud | Camera Operator |
Crew | Madeleine Lefèvre | Script |
Directing | Jean Huet | Assistant Director |
Art | Jacques Krauss | Decorator |
Camera | Robert Juillard | Camera Operator |
Art | Alexandre Trauner | Head Decorator |
Production | Robert Vernay | Administration |
Production | Arys Nissoti | Producer |
Production | Georges Jouanne | Production Director |
Directing | Louis Gendre | Assistant Director |
Costume & Make-Up | Joseph Mejinsky | Makeup Artist |
Production | Pierre O'Connell | Producer |
Art | Louis Demasure | Set Supervisor |
Camera | Ernest Bourreaud | Assistant Camera |
Camera | Robert Bontemps | Assistant Camera |