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 Kaprisky as Ethel
• Francis Huster as Lucas Kessling
• Lambert Wilson as Milan Mliska
• Patrick Bauchau as Ethel's Father
• Gisèle Pascal as Gertrude
• Roger Dumas as André
• Diane Delor as Elena Mliska
• Jean-Paul Farré as Pierre
• Olivier Achard as 1st Assistant Director
• Yveline Ailhaud as Rachel

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