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The Unbearable Lightness of Being

The Unbearable Lightness of Being1988

★6.8171 minDramaRomance

Successful surgeon Tomas leaves Prague for an operation, meets a young photographer named Tereza, and brings her back with him. Tereza is surprised to learn that Tomas is already having an affair with the bohemian Sabina, but when the Soviet invasion occurs, all three flee to Switzerland. Sabina begins an affair, Tom continues womanizing, and Tereza, disgusted, returns to Czechoslovakia. Realizing his mistake, Tomas decides to chase after her.

Director

Writer

Philip Kaufman Jean-Claude Carrière

Score

Stars

Daniel Day-Lewis Juliette Binoche Lena Olin

Cast51

Daniel Day-Lewis
as Tomas
Juliette Binoche
as Tereza
Lena Olin
as Sabina
Derek de Lint
as Franz
Stellan Skarsgård
as The Engineer
Erland Josephson
as The Ambassador
Pavel Landovský
as Pavel
Donald Moffat
as Chief Surgeon
Daniel Olbrychski
as Interior Ministry Official
Tomasz Borkowy
as Jiri
Bruce Myers
as Czech Editor
Pavel Slabý
as Pavel's Nephew
P
Pascale Kalensky
as Nurse Katja
Jacques Ciron
as Swiss Restaurant Manager
Anne Lonnberg
as Swiss Photographer
László Szabó
as Russian Interrogator
V
Vladimír Valenta
as Mayor
Clovis Cornillac
as Boy in Bar
Consuelo De Haviland
as Tall Brunette
Leon Lissek
as Bold Man in Bar
J
Jacqueline Abraham-Vernier
J
Judith Atwell
C
Claudine Berg
Jean-Claude Bouillon
M
Miroslaw Beuer
Niven Busch
M
Margot Capelier
V
Victor Chelkoff
M
Monica Constandache
Jean-Claude Dauphin
as Swiss editor
D
Dominique De Moncutt
B
Bernard Lepinaux
Josiane Lévêque
P
Peter Majer
Charles Millot
as Lecturer in Geneva
Gérard Moulévrier
Jan Němec
as Cameraman filming the tanks in Prague
Charly Oleg
S
Sylvie Plantard
Olga Baïdar-Poliakoff
C
Christine Potter
H
Hana Maria Pravda
R
Romano
A
André Sanfratello
Jiří Stanislav
M
Milos Szoboda
H
Helenka Vernier
M
Marrian Walters
S
Serge Delanoue
as Danseur (uncredited)
Philip Kaufman
as Man walking on street outside Sabina's flat (uncredited)
Isabelle Noérie
as Student (uncredited)

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