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