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.

Released

1984-06-16

Genres

Drama

Runtime

113 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Andrzej Żuławski

TMDB rating

6.0/10 from 64 votes