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The Unbearable Lightness of Being

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Calorie Rating: 240
Released: 1988-02-05
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 171 Minutes
Budget: 17000000
Revenue 10000000
Studios: The Saul Zaentz Company,


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.

Director / Directors

Simon Brook
Third Assistant Director
Robert Kechichian
Second Assistant Director

Charles Paviot
First Assistant Director


Cast

Daniel Day-Lewis
Character: Tomas
Juliette Binoche
Character: Tereza
Lena Olin
Character: Sabina

Derek de Lint
Character: Franz
Stellan Skarsgård
Character: The Engineer
Erland Josephson
Character: The Ambassador

Pavel Landovský
Character: Pavel
Donald Moffat
Character: Chief Surgeon
Daniel Olbrychski
Character: Interior Ministry Official

Tomasz Borkowy
Character: Jiri
Bruce Myers
Character: Czech Editor
Pavel Slabý
Character: Pavel's Nephew

Pascale Kalensky
Character: Nurse Katja
Jacques Ciron
Character: Swiss Restaurant Manager
Anne Lonnberg
Character: Swiss Photographer

László Szabó
Character: Russian Interrogator
Vladimír Valenta
Character: Mayor
Clovis Cornillac
Character: Boy in Bar

Consuelo De Haviland
Character: Tall Brunette
Leon Lissek
Character: Bold Man in Bar



Jean-Claude Dauphin
Character: Swiss editor


Charles Millot
Character: Lecturer in Geneva

Jan Němec
Character: Cameraman filming the tanks in Prague




Serge Delanoue
Character: Danseur (uncredited)
Philip Kaufman
Character: Man walking on street outside Sabina's flat (uncredited)
Isabelle Noérie
Character: Student (uncredited)


Production and Crew

Philip Kaufman
Screenplay
Bertil Ohlsson
Executive Producer

Mark Adler
Original Music Composer

Pierre Guffroy
Costume Design
Paul Zaentz
Associate Producer

Pierre Guffroy
Production Design
Sven Nykvist
Director of Photography
Saul Zaentz
Producer

B.J. Sears
Co-Editor
Suzanne Benoit
Key Makeup Artist

Rosalina Da Silva
Makeup Artist
Paul LeBlanc
Key Hair Stylist
Frank Simeone
Unit Production Manager

Daniel Szuster
Production Manager
Mark Berger
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Todd Boekelheide
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Luis Colina
Sound Effects Editor
Ernie Fosselius
Foley Editor

Richard Hymns
Sound Effects Editor
Pat Jackson
Sound Effects Editor
Ann Kroeber
Sound Effects

Barbara McBane
Dialogue Editor
Chris Newman
Production Sound Mixer
David Parker
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Diana Pellegrini
Sound Editor
Philip Rogers
Sound Recordist
Alan Splet
Sound Designer

Rémy Julienne
Stunt Coordinator
Philippe Houdart
Camera Operator
Bernard Noisette
Camera Operator