Michel Barsacq as Pierrette's youngest son

Edmond Beauchamp as The actor who plays King Duncan

Pierre Brasseur as Ludovic Arn / Macbeth

Michel Simon as Lucien Bertal / Léonard, his understudy / Banquo

Paul Barge as The bistro

Monelle Valentin as Aurélia Nobli / Lady Macbeth

Jean Brochard as Chief Inspector

Olivier Hussenot as Deputy Inspector Gobinet

Lucien Blondeau as

Louis Bugette as

Daniel Cauchy as Léon

Gérard Darrieu as A stagehand in the theater

Jacques Denoël as An actor

Jacques Dufilho as An actor

Michel Etcheverry as An actor

Henri Gaultier as The doctor on duty

Madeleine Geoffroy as An actor

Gabriel Gobin as

Françoise Goléa as The lover on the bench

Pierre Goutas as An actor

Michel Herbault as Laurent, an actor

Katherine Kath as A witch in Macbeth

Benoîte Labb as A witch in Macbeth

Paul Laurent as

Robert Le Béal as An actor

Serge Lecointe as Pierrette's eldest son

Robert Le Fort as

Robert Lombard as An actor

François Marié as The lover on the bench

Paul Mathos as Garnier

Geneviève Morel as Pierrette, l'habilleuse

Jean-Paul Moulinot as

Hubert Noël as

André Numès as Police Constable Vernier

Marcel Pérès as The machinist who makes the wind

Jacques Rispal as The actor with the shaved head

Christian Simon as The young actor who plays Fléance

Georgette Talazac as The opener who knits

Catherine Toth as A witch in Macbeth

André Versini as A radio journalist

Noël Roquevert as Sigurd

Jacques Beauvais as A spectator at the theater (uncredited)

Charles Bouillaud as The policeman at the police station (uncredited)

Georges Demas as A spectator at the theater / An extra in Macbeth (uncredited)

Rudy Lenoir as An actor (uncredited)

Raymond Pierson as An extra in Macbeth / A spectator at the theater (uncredited)

Louis Saintève as A spectator at the theater (uncredited)

Françoise Soulié as (uncredited)

Eugène Stuber as A soldier in Macbeth (uncredited)