The Public Woman

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.

Release Date: 1984-06-16

Drama
(48 votes)

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

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