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.
as Ethel
as Lucas Kessling
as Milan Mliska
as Ethel's Father
as Gertrude
as André
as Elena Mliska
as Pierre
as 1st Assistant Director
as Rachel
as Maurice
as Young Anarchist
as Dresser
as François
as Bishop Shlapas
