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The Public Woman

Original title: La Femme publique

  • Movie
  • 1984
  • 1h 53m

Directed by Andrzej Żuławski

6.0

TMDB audience rating
6.0 out of 10 from 64 votes

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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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Play trailer: LA FEMME PUBLIQUE (Andrzej Zulawski) 1984 Trailer / Bande Annonce

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Cast and crew

  • Valérie Kaprisky

    Valérie KapriskyEthel

  • Francis Huster

    Francis HusterLucas Kessling

  • Lambert Wilson

    Lambert WilsonMilan Mliska

  • Patrick Bauchau

    Patrick BauchauEthel's Father

  • Gisèle Pascal

    Gisèle PascalGertrude

  • Roger Dumas

    Roger DumasAndré

  • Diane DelorElena Mliska

  • Jean-Paul Farré

    Jean-Paul FarréPierre

  • Olivier Achard

    Olivier Achard1st Assistant Director

  • Yveline Ailhaud

    Yveline AilhaudRachel

  • Michel Albertini

    Michel AlbertiniMaurice

  • Marianne Basler

    Marianne BaslerYoung Anarchist

  • Nathalie Bécue

    Nathalie BécueDresser

  • Lucas Belvaux

    Lucas BelvauxFrançois

  • René Bériard

    René BériardBishop Shlapas

Director
Andrzej Żuławski
Writer
Dominique Garnier and Andrzej Żuławski
Music
Alain Wisniak
Cinematography
Sacha Vierny