Poster for The Unbearable Lightness of Being

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

1988, comedy, drama, love

171 minutes

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...

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Cast

Lena Olin

Lena Olin

Sabina

Stellan Skarsgård

Stellan Skarsgård

The Engineer

Erland Josephson

Erland Josephson

The Ambassador

Donald Moffat

Donald Moffat

Chief Surgeon

Daniel Olbrychski

Daniel Olbrychski

Interior Ministry Official

Bruce Myers

Bruce Myers

Czech Editor

Pavel Slabý

Pavel Slabý

Pavel's Nephew

Pascale Kalensky

Nurse Katja

Jacques Ciron

Swiss Restaurant Manager

Anne Lonnberg

Anne Lonnberg

Swiss Photographer

László Szabó

László Szabó

Russian Interrogator

Clovis Cornillac

Clovis Cornillac

Boy in Bar

Consuelo De Haviland

Tall Brunette

Leon Lissek

Leon Lissek

Bold Man in Bar

Crew

Art

Pierre Guffroy

Production design

Camera

Costume and make-up

Pierre Guffroy

Costume design

Directing

Philip Kaufman

Philip Kaufman

Director

Editing

Walter Murch

Walter Murch

Editor

B.J. Sears

Editor

Production

Bertil Ohlsson

Executive producer

Saul Zaentz

Producer

Paul Zaentz

Producer, associate producer

Sound

Mark Adler

Mark Adler

Original music composer

Writing

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Largescale poster for The Unbearable Lightness of Being

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