
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (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 begins an affair, Tom continues womanizing, and Tereza, disgusted, returns to Czechoslovakia. Realizing his mistake, Tomas decides to chase after her.
Production Companies

Additional Info
Budget | $17,000,000.00 |
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Revenue | $10,000,000.00 |
Original Language | en |
Popularity | 1.6579 |
Directed By
Philip Kaufman
Crew
Philip Kaufman
Jean-Claude Carrière
Philip Kaufman
Pierre Guffroy
Paul Zaentz
Pierre Guffroy
Mark Adler
Michael Magill
Vivien Hillgrove
Walter Murch
Sven Nykvist
Bertil Ohlsson
Saul Zaentz
Milan Kundera
B.J. Sears
Suzanne Benoit
Rosalina Da Silva
Paul LeBlanc
Frank Simeone
Daniel Szuster
Simon Brook
Robert Kechichian
Charles Paviot
David Franklin Bergad
Mark Berger
Todd Boekelheide
Luis Colina
Ernie Fosselius
Richard Hymns
Pat Jackson
Ann Kroeber
Barbara McBane
Chris Newman
David Parker
Diana Pellegrini
Philip Rogers
Alan Splet
Rémy Julienne
Philippe Houdart
Bernard Noisette
George Michael Pantages
TOP 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
Pascale Kalensky
Nurse Katja

Jacques Ciron
Swiss Restaurant Manager

Anne Lonnberg
Swiss Photographer

László Szabó
Russian Interrogator
Vladimír Valenta
Mayor

Clovis Cornillac
Boy in Bar

Consuelo De Haviland
Tall Brunette

Leon Lissek
Bold Man in Bar

Jean-Claude Dauphin
Swiss editor

Charles Millot
Lecturer in Geneva

Jan Němec
Cameraman filming the tanks in Prague
Serge Delanoue
Danseur (uncredited)

Philip Kaufman
Man walking on street outside Sabina's flat (uncredited)