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.
Credits
The Public Woman Cast
| Name |
Character |
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Lambert Wilson
He was 25, now 66 years old
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as Milan Mliska |
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Marianne Basler
She was 20, now 60 years old
|
as Une jeune anarchiste |
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Roger Dumas
He was 52, 84 years old when he died
|
as André, le photographe |
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Francis Huster
He was 36, now 76 years old
|
as Lucas Kessling |
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Lucas Belvaux
He was 22, now 63 years old
|
as François |
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Patrick Bauchau
He was 45, now 85 years old
|
as Ethel's Father |
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Jean-Paul Farré
He was 36, now 76 years old
|
as Pierre |
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Giselle Pascal
She was 62, 85 years old when she died
|
as Gertrude |
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Diane Delor
|
as Elena Mliska |
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Nathalie Bécue
|
as L'habilleuse |
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Olivier Achard
He was 25, now 66 years old
|
as Le premier assistant réalisateur |
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Yveline Ailhaud
She was 40, 71 years old when she died
|
as Rachel |
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Michel Albertini
He was 31, now 71 years old
|
as Maurice |
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Valérie Kaprisky
She was 21, now 62 years old
|
as Ethel |
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René Bériard
He was 66, 81 years old when he died
|
as Mgr Shlapas |
The Public Woman Crew
