

Plot Summary
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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Director & Crew
Andrzej Żuławski
Director
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It has an IMDb rating of 5.9/10 based on 58 votes.
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The Public Woman was directed by Andrzej Żuławski and released in 1984.
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The Public Woman has a runtime of 1 hours and 53 minutes.
Movie Details
- Release Date
- 1984-06-16
- Status
- Released

















