The Public Woman

6.0
19841h 53m

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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LA FEMME PUBLIQUE (Andrzej Zulawski) 1984 Trailer / Bande Annonce

Cast

Photo of Francis Huster

Francis Huster

Lucas Kessling

Photo of Lambert Wilson

Lambert Wilson

Milan Mliska

Photo of Patrick Bauchau

Patrick Bauchau

Ethel's Father

Photo of Olivier Achard

Olivier Achard

1st Assistant Director

Photo of Marianne Basler

Marianne Basler

Young Anarchist

Photo of Lucas Belvaux

Lucas Belvaux

François

Photo of René Bériard

René Bériard

Bishop Shlapas

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