Movie
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.
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The Public Woman opened in theaters July 7, 1984. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
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 KapriskyEthel
Francis HusterLucas Kessling
Lambert WilsonMilan Mliska
Patrick BauchauEthel's Father
Gisèle PascalGertrude
Roger DumasAndré
Jean-Paul FarréPierreCredits
- Directed by
- Andrzej Żuławski
- Written by
- Andrzej Żuławski, Dominique Garnier, Dominique Garnier
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- French
- Original title
- La Femme publique
Production
- Hachette-Fox Productions