The Public Woman

Directed by Andrzej Żuławski
1984    1h 53mDrama
6.4
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 committing a political assassination.
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Cast of The Public Woman
  • Valérie KapriskyEthel
  • Francis HusterLucas Kessling
  • Lambert WilsonMilan Mliska
  • Patrick BauchauEthel's Father
  • Gisèle PascalGertrude
  • Roger DumasAndré
  • Diane DelorElena Mliska
  • Jean-Paul FarréPierre
  • Olivier Achard1st Assistant Director
  • Yveline AilhaudRachel
  • Michel AlbertiniMaurice
  • Marianne BaslerYoung Anarchist
  • Nathalie BécueDresser
  • Lucas BelvauxFrançois
  • René BériardBishop Shlapas
 
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