The Public Woman

Jun 16, 1984

1h 53m

★ 6.0

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Hachette-Fox Productions

The Public Woman Trailers

Cast

Ethel

Valérie Kaprisky

Lucas Kessling

Francis Huster

Milan Mliska

Lambert Wilson

Ethel's Father

Patrick Bauchau

Gertrude

Gisèle Pascal

André

Roger Dumas

Elena Mliska

Diane Delor

Pierre

Jean-Paul Farré

1st Assistant Director

Olivier Achard

Rachel

Yveline Ailhaud

Maurice

Michel Albertini

Young Anarchist

Marianne Basler

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