The Public Woman
1984•1h 53m•5.9•Released
Drama
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
Writer
Dominique Garnier, Andrzej Żuławski
Languages
French
Studio
Hachette-Fox Productions
Cast
Valérie Kaprisky
Ethel
Francis Huster
Lucas Kessling
Lambert Wilson
Milan Mliska
Patrick Bauchau
Ethel's Father
Gisèle Pascal
Gertrude
Roger Dumas
André
Diane Delor
Elena Mliska
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
Production
Company
Hachette-Fox Productions
Producer
René Cleitman
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