The Unbearable Lightness of Being
05/02/1988
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.
Movie Information
Daniel Day-Lewis
as Tomas
Juliette Binoche
as Tereza
Lena Olin
as Sabina
Derek de Lint
as Franz
Stellan Skarsgård
as The Engineer
Erland Josephson
as The Ambassador
Pavel Landovský
as Pavel
Donald Moffat
as Chief Surgeon
Daniel Olbrychski
as Interior Ministry Official
Tomasz Borkowy
as Jiri
Bruce Myers
as Czech Editor
Pavel Slabý
as Pavel's Nephew
Pascale Kalensky
as Nurse Katja
Jacques Ciron
as Swiss Restaurant Manager
Anne Lonnberg
as Swiss Photographer
László Szabó
as Russian Interrogator
Vladimír Valenta
as Mayor
Clovis Cornillac
as Boy in Bar
Consuelo De Haviland
as Tall Brunette
Leon Lissek
as Bold Man in Bar
Jacqueline Abraham-Vernier
as
Judith Atwell
as
Claudine Berg
as
Jean-Claude Bouillon
as
Miroslaw Beuer
as
Niven Busch
as
Margot Capelier
as
Victor Chelkoff
as
Monica Constandache
as
Jean-Claude Dauphin
as Swiss editor
Dominique De Moncutt
as
Bernard Lepinaux
as
Josiane Lévêque
as
Peter Majer
as
Charles Millot
as Lecturer in Geneva
Gérard Moulévrier
as
Jan Němec
as Cameraman filming the tanks in Prague
Charly Oleg
as
Sylvie Plantard
as
Olga Baïdar-Poliakoff
as
Christine Potter
as
Hana Maria Pravda
as
Romano
as
André Sanfratello
as
Jiří Stanislav
as
Milos Szoboda
as
Helenka Vernier
as
Marrian Walters
as
Serge Delanoue
as Danseur (uncredited)
Philip Kaufman
as Man walking on street outside Sabina's flat (uncredited)
Isabelle Noérie
as Student (uncredited)
