The Unbearable Lightness of Being
1988 • ⭐ 6.9 • 171m
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.
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Cast
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
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Pascale Kalensky
Nurse Katja
Jacques Ciron
Swiss Restaurant Manager
Anne Lonnberg
Swiss Photographer
László Szabó
Russian Interrogator
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Vladimír Valenta
Mayor
Clovis Cornillac
Boy in Bar
Consuelo De Haviland
Tall Brunette
Leon Lissek
Bold Man in Bar
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Jacqueline Abraham-Vernier
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Judith Atwell
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Claudine Berg
Jean-Claude Bouillon
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Miroslaw Beuer
Niven Busch
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Margot Capelier
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Victor Chelkoff
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Monica Constandache
Jean-Claude Dauphin
Swiss editor
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Dominique De Moncutt
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Bernard Lepinaux
Josiane Lévêque
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Peter Majer
Charles Millot
Lecturer in Geneva
Gérard Moulévrier
Jan Němec
Cameraman filming the tanks in Prague
Charly Oleg
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Sylvie Plantard
Olga Baïdar-Poliakoff
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Christine Potter
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Hana Maria Pravda
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Romano
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André Sanfratello
Jiří Stanislav
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Milos Szoboda
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Helenka Vernier
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Marrian Walters
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Serge Delanoue
Danseur (uncredited)
Philip Kaufman
Man walking on street outside Sabina's flat (uncredited)
Isabelle Noérie
Student (uncredited)
