The Public Woman

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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.

Country:

France

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

113 minutes

Year:

1984

Director:

Andrzej Żuławski

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Company:

Hachette-Fox Productions

Cast:
Valérie Kaprisky

Ethel

Francis Huster

Lucas Kessling

Lambert Wilson

Milan Mliska

Patrick Bauchau

Ethel's Father

Gisèle Pascal

Gertrude

Crew:
Andrzej Żuławski

Director

Dominique Garnier

Writer

Michel Deruelle

Key Makeup Artist

Monique Huylebroeck

Key Makeup Artist

Joël Beldent

Sound