The Public Woman

The Public Woman

1984
1h 53m
6.0

6.0/10

56 votes • View on IMDb
Drama
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.

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Language: FR

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Production Information

Production Companies
Hachette-Fox Productions
Production Countries
France
Spoken Languages
French

Keywords

immigrant paris, france wife politics photography erotic movie

Quick Facts

Original Title La Femme publique
Release Date June 16, 1984
Status Released
Language FR
IMDb ID tt0087250

Cast

Valérie Kaprisky
Valérie Kaprisky

Ethel

Francis Huster
Francis Huster

Lucas Kessling

Lambert Wilson
Lambert Wilson

Milan Mliska

Patrick Bauchau
Patrick Bauchau

Ethel's Father

Gisèle Pascal
Gisèle Pascal

Gertrude

Roger Dumas
Roger Dumas

André

Diane Delor
Diane Delor

Elena Mliska

Jean-Paul Farré
Jean-Paul Farré

Pierre

Olivier Achard
Olivier Achard

1st Assistant Director

Yveline Ailhaud
Yveline Ailhaud

Rachel

Michel Albertini
Michel Albertini

Maurice

Marianne Basler
Marianne Basler

Young Anarchist

Key Crew

Andrzej Żuławski
Director
Dominique Garnier
Writer
Andrzej Żuławski
Writer
René Cleitman
Producer