The Public Woman
movie
Released June 16, 1984
Genres:
Overview
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.
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
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Diane Delor
as
Elena Mliska
Jean-Paul Farré
as
Pierre
Olivier Achard
as
1st Assistant Director
Yveline Ailhaud
as
Rachel
Michel Albertini
as
Maurice
Marianne Basler
as
Young Anarchist
Crew
Andrzej Żuławski
as
Director
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Dominique Garnier
as
Writer
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Michel Deruelle
as
Key Makeup Artist
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Monique Huylebroeck
as
Key Makeup Artist
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Joël Beldent
as
Sound
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Elvire Lerner
as
Sound
Harald Maury
as
Sound
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Sylvie Gluck
as
Costumer
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Dominique Roulance
as
Costumer
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Dominique Garnier
as
Novel
Andrzej Żuławski
as
Writer
René Cleitman
as
Producer