The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Drama | Romance
Release Date
February 5, 1988
Duration
171 min
Status
Released
Language
en
Overview
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.
Casts
Tomas
Daniel Day-Lewis
Tereza
Juliette Binoche
Sabina
Lena Olin
Franz
Derek de Lint
The Engineer
Stellan Skarsgård
The Ambassador
Erland Josephson
Pavel
Pavel Landovský
Chief Surgeon
Donald Moffat
Interior Ministry Official
Daniel Olbrychski
Jiri
Tomasz Borkowy
Czech Editor
Bruce Myers
Pavel's Nephew
Pavel Slabý
Nurse Katja
Pascale Kalensky
Swiss Restaurant Manager
Jacques Ciron
Swiss Photographer
Anne Lonnberg
Russian Interrogator
László Szabó
Mayor
Vladimír Valenta
Boy in Bar
Clovis Cornillac
Tall Brunette
Consuelo De Haviland
Bold Man in Bar
Leon Lissek
Jacqueline Abraham-Vernier
Judith Atwell
Claudine Berg
Jean-Claude Bouillon
Miroslaw Beuer
Niven Busch
Margot Capelier
Victor Chelkoff
Monica Constandache
Swiss editor
Jean-Claude Dauphin
Dominique De Moncutt
Bernard Lepinaux
Josiane Lévêque
Peter Majer
Lecturer in Geneva
Charles Millot
Gérard Moulévrier
Cameraman filming the tanks in Prague
Jan Němec
Charly Oleg
Sylvie Plantard
Olga Baïdar-Poliakoff
Christine Potter
Hana Maria Pravda
Romano
André Sanfratello
Jiří Stanislav
Milos Szoboda
Helenka Vernier
Marrian Walters
Danseur (uncredited)
Serge Delanoue
Man walking on street outside Sabina's flat (uncredited)
Philip Kaufman
Student (uncredited)
Isabelle Noérie
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