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