The Public Woman
1984/06/16 • Released • French
Overview
An inexperienced young actress is invited to play a role in a film based on Dostoyevsky's 'The Possessed'. The film director, a Czech immigrant in Paris, takes over her life, and in a short time she is unable to draw the line between acting and reality. She winds up playing a real-life role posing as the dead wife of another Czech immigrant, who is manipulated by the filmmaker into commiting a political assassination.
Director : Andrzej Żuławski
Casts
Valérie Kaprisky
Ethel
Francis Huster
Lucas Kessling
Lambert Wilson
Milan Mliska
Patrick Bauchau
Ethel's Father
Gisèle Pascal
Gertrude
Roger Dumas
André
Jean-Paul Farré
Pierre
Olivier Achard
1st Assistant Director
Yveline Ailhaud
Rachel
Michel Albertini
Maurice
Marianne Basler
Young Anarchist
Nathalie Bécue
Dresser
Lucas Belvaux
François
René Bériard
Bishop Shlapas
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