The Public Woman

6 1984 Andrzej Żuławski 1h 53m
Drama
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.

Valérie Kaprisky Valérie Kaprisky Ethel
Francis Huster Francis Huster Lucas Kessling
Lambert Wilson Lambert Wilson Milan Mliska
Patrick Bauchau Patrick Bauchau Ethel's Father
Gisèle Pascal Gisèle Pascal Gertrude
Roger Dumas Roger Dumas André
Diane Delor Elena Mliska
Jean-Paul Farré Jean-Paul Farré Pierre