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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.

1984 |1h 53m |  Drama

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Cast

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Valérie Kaprisky

Ethel

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Francis Huster

Lucas Kessling

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Lambert Wilson

Milan Mliska

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Patrick Bauchau

Ethel's Father

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Gisèle Pascal

Gertrude

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Roger Dumas

André

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Jean-Paul Farré

Pierre

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Olivier Achard

1st Assistant Director

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Yveline Ailhaud

Rachel

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Michel Albertini

Maurice

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Marianne Basler

Young Anarchist

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Nathalie Bécue

Dresser

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René Bériard

Bishop Shlapas

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Status

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Language

French, German

Budget

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