

The Public Woman (1984)
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.
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.

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