The Unbearable Lightness of Being
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Release: 1988-02-05
·Runtime: 171m
·★ 6.9
Drama
Romance
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
The Saul Zaentz Company
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Charly Oleg
Donald Moffat
as Chief Surgeon
Clovis Cornillac
as Boy in Bar
Jean-Claude Bouillon
Bruce Myers
as Czech Editor
Jacques Ciron
as Swiss Restaurant Manager
László Szabó
as Russian Interrogator
Niven Busch
Tomasz Borkowy
as Jiri
Consuelo De Haviland
as Tall Brunette
Anne Lonnberg
as Swiss Photographer
Jan Němec
as Cameraman filming the tanks in Prague
Olga Baïdar-Poliakoff
Jiří Stanislav
Philip Kaufman
as Man walking on street outside Sabina's flat (uncredited)
Isabelle Noérie
as Student (uncredited)
Daniel Day-Lewis
as Tomas
Daniel Olbrychski
as Interior Ministry Official
Jean-Claude Dauphin
as Swiss editor
Charles Millot
as Lecturer in Geneva
Derek de Lint
as Franz
Stellan Skarsgård
as The Engineer
Erland Josephson
as The Ambassador
Juliette Binoche
as Tereza
Pavel Landovský
as Pavel
Leon Lissek
as Bold Man in Bar
Josiane Lévêque
Gérard Moulévrier
Lena Olin
as Sabina
Pavel Slabý
as Pavel's Nephew
Crew
Philip Kaufman
Screenplay, Director
Jean-Claude Carrière
Screenplay
Mark Adler
Original Music Composer
Alan Splet
Sound Designer
Rémy Julienne
Stunt Coordinator
Robert Kechichian
Second Assistant Director
Richard Hymns
Sound Effects Editor
Ann Roth
Costume Design
Pierre Guffroy
Production Design
Walter Murch
Editor
Sven Nykvist
Director of Photography
Ernie Fosselius
Foley Editor
Milan Kundera
Novel
David Parker
Sound Re-Recording Mixer