The Public Woman (1984)

06/16/1984Drama1h 53m
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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.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Valérie Kaprisky

    Ethel

  2. Cast 1

    Francis Huster

    Lucas Kessling

  3. Cast 1

    Lambert Wilson

    Milan Mliska

  4. Cast 1

    Patrick Bauchau

    Ethel's Father

  5. Cast 1

    Gisèle Pascal

    Gertrude

  6. Cast 1

    Roger Dumas

    André

  7. Diane Delor

    Elena Mliska

  8. Cast 1

    Jean-Paul Farré

    Pierre

  9. Cast 1

    Olivier Achard

    1st Assistant Director

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Status Released

Original LanguageFrench 

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