The Unbearable Lightness of Being

The Unbearable Lightness of Being
1988DramaRomance171 mins
★★★★★

Plot

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 bohem... read more

  • Philip Kaufman

    Director

  • Philip Kaufman

    Screenplay

  • Jean-Claude Carrière

    Screenplay

  • Milan Kundera

    Author

  • Sven Nykvist

    Director of Photography

  • Michael Magill

    Editor

  • Vivien Hillgrove Gilliam

    Editor

  • B.J. Sears

    Editor

  • Walter Murch

    Editor

  • 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

    • Runtime

    171 minutes

    Released

    1988-02-05

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    The Saul Zaentz Company

    Sound

  • Mark Adler

    Original Music Composer

    • Updated

    108 days ago

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