The Public Woman (1984)
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
Valérie Kaprisky (née Chérès; born 19 August 1962) is a French actress.
She was born Valerie Chérès on 19 August 1962 in Neuilly-sur-Seine. Kaprisky is her Polish mother's maiden name. She is of Gree...
Francis Huster
as Lucas Kessling
Francis Huster (born 8 December 1947) is a French stage, film and television actor, film director and scriptwriter. Francis Huster was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine. He studied acting at the Conservatoire...
Lambert Wilson
as Milan Mliska
Lambert Wilson (born August 3, 1958) is a French actor, singer, and activist. He is best known internationally for his portrayal of The Merovingian in The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, and...
Patrick Bauchau
as Ethel's Father
Patrick Nicolas Jean Sixte Ghislain Bauchau (born 6 December 1938) is a Belgian actor best known for his roles in the films A View to a Kill, The Rapture and Panic Room, as well as the TV shows The Pr...
Gisèle Pascal
as Gertrude
Gisèle Pascal (17 September 1921 – 2 February 2007) was a French actress and a former lover of Rainier III, Prince of Monaco.
She was born Gisèle Marie Madeleine Tallone at Cannes in France. Her firs...
Roger Dumas
as André
Roger Dumas (9 May 1932 – 2 July 2016) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1954 and 2016. He was born in Annonay, Ardèche.
Source: Article "Roger Dumas" from Wikipedia...
Director
Andrzej Żuławski
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