

Drama
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.
Top Cast


Valérie Kaprisky
Valérie Kaprisky
Ethel
Valérie Kaprisky
Ethel


Francis Huster
Francis Huster
Lucas Kessling
Francis Huster
Lucas Kessling


Lambert Wilson
Lambert Wilson
Milan Mliska
Lambert Wilson
Milan Mliska


Patrick Bauchau
Patrick Bauchau
Ethel's Father
Patrick Bauchau
Ethel's Father


Gisèle Pascal
Gisèle Pascal
Gertrude
Gisèle Pascal
Gertrude


Roger Dumas
Roger Dumas
André
Roger Dumas
André
Diane Delor
Diane Delor
Elena Mliska
Diane Delor
Elena Mliska


Jean-Paul Farré
Jean-Paul Farré
Pierre
Jean-Paul Farré
Pierre


Olivier Achard
Olivier Achard
1st Assistant Director
Olivier Achard
1st Assistant Director


Yveline Ailhaud
Yveline Ailhaud
Rachel
Yveline Ailhaud
Rachel
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