The Public Woman

    The Public Woman
    1984

    Synopsis

    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.

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    Cast

    • 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

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