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 — Ethel
- Francis Huster — Lucas Kessling
- Lambert Wilson — Milan Mliska
- Patrick Bauchau — Ethel's Father
- Gisèle Pascal — Gertrude
- Roger Dumas — André
- Diane Delor — Elena Mliska
- Jean-Paul Farré — Pierre
- Olivier Achard — 1st Assistant Director
- Yveline Ailhaud — Rachel
- Michel Albertini — Maurice
- Marianne Basler — Young Anarchist
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