The Unbearable Lightness of Being
1988Successful 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.
Acted in
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
Judith Atwell
Claudine Berg
Jean-Claude Bouillon
Miroslaw Beuer
Niven Busch
Margot Capelier
Victor Chelkoff
Monica Constandache
Jean-Claude Dauphin
as Swiss editor
Dominique De Moncutt
Bernard Lepinaux
Josiane Lévêque
Peter Majer
Charles Millot
as Lecturer in Geneva
Gérard Moulévrier
Jan Němec
as Cameraman filming the tanks in Prague
Charly Oleg
Sylvie Plantard
Olga Baïdar-Poliakoff
Christine Potter
Hana Maria Pravda
Romano
André Sanfratello
Jiří Stanislav
Milos Szoboda
Helenka Vernier
Marrian Walters
Serge Delanoue
as Danseur (uncredited)
Philip Kaufman
as Man walking on street outside Sabina's flat (uncredited)
Isabelle Noérie
as Student (uncredited)