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The Unbearable Lightness of Being
1988, Feb 05
2h 51m
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.
Directed by
Philip Kaufman
Stellan Skarsgård
The Engineer
Lena Olin
Sabina
Daniel Day-Lewis
Tomas
Juliette Binoche
Tereza
Donald Moffat
Chief Surgeon
Daniel Olbrychski
Interior Ministry Official
Clovis Cornillac
Boy in Bar
Derek de Lint
Franz
Pavel Landovský
Pavel
Jean-Claude Dauphin
Swiss editor
Erland Josephson
The Ambassador
Charles Millot
Lecturer in Geneva
Bruce Myers
Czech Editor
Anne Lonnberg
Swiss Photographer
Tomasz Borkowy
Jiri
Charly Oleg
Consuelo De Haviland
Tall Brunette
Jacques Ciron
Swiss Restaurant Manager
Leon Lissek
Bold Man in Bar
Pavel Slabý
Pavel's Nephew
Jiří Stanislav
László Szabó
Russian Interrogator
Josiane Lévêque
Isabelle Noérie
Student (uncredited)
Pascale Kalensky
Nurse Katja
Vladimír Valenta
Mayor
Jacqueline Abraham-Vernier
Judith Atwell
Claudine Berg
Jean-Claude Bouillon
Miroslaw Beuer
Victor Chelkoff
Monica Constandache
Dominique De Moncutt
Bernard Lepinaux
Peter Majer
Gérard Moulévrier
Christine Potter
Hana Maria Pravda
Romano
André Sanfratello
Milos Szoboda
Helenka Vernier
Marrian Walters
Serge Delanoue
Danseur (uncredited)
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