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The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Genre:DramaRomance

Released:1988-02-05

Runtime:171

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.


Cast:

Daniel Day-Lewis

Character: Tomas

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Juliette Binoche

Character: Tereza

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Lena Olin

Character: Sabina

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Derek de Lint

Character: Franz

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Stellan Skarsgård

Character: The Engineer

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Erland Josephson

Character: The Ambassador

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Pavel Landovský

Character: Pavel

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Donald Moffat

Character: Chief Surgeon

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Daniel Olbrychski

Character: Interior Ministry Official

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Tomasz Borkowy

Character: Jiri

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Bruce Myers

Character: Czech Editor

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Pavel Slabý

Character: Pavel's Nephew

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Pascale Kalensky

Character: Nurse Katja

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Jacques Ciron

Character: Swiss Restaurant Manager

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Anne Lonnberg

Character: Swiss Photographer

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László Szabó

Character: Russian Interrogator

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Vladimír Valenta

Character: Mayor

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Clovis Cornillac

Character: Boy in Bar

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Consuelo De Haviland

Character: Tall Brunette

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Leon Lissek

Character: Bold Man in Bar

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Jacqueline Abraham-Vernier

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Judith Atwell

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Claudine Berg

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Jean-Claude Bouillon

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Miroslaw Beuer

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Niven Busch

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Margot Capelier

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Victor Chelkoff

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Monica Constandache

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Jean-Claude Dauphin

Character: Swiss editor

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Dominique De Moncutt

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Bernard Lepinaux

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Josiane Lévêque

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Peter Majer

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Charles Millot

Character: Lecturer in Geneva

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Gérard Moulévrier

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Jan Němec

Character: Cameraman filming the tanks in Prague

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Charly Oleg

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Sylvie Plantard

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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

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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

Character: Danseur (uncredited)

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Philip Kaufman

Character: Man walking on street outside Sabina's flat (uncredited)

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Isabelle Noérie

Character: Student (uncredited)

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