The Unbearable Lightness of Being
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A womanizing Prague surgeon, his devoted wife, and his free-spirited mistress flee the Soviet invasion, but love and politics follow them to Switzerland.
Why watch: Two Oscar nominations. Day-Lewis, Binoche, and Olin in Kaufman's adaptation of Kundera.
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Cast
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
Crew
Philip Kaufman — Director
Jean-Claude Carrière — Screenplay
Philip Kaufman — Screenplay
Milan Kundera — Novel
Bertil Ohlsson — Executive Producer
Saul Zaentz — Producer
Sven Nykvist — Director of Photography
Vivien Hillgrove — Editor
Michael Magill — Editor
Walter Murch — Editor
Pierre Guffroy — Production Design
Ann Roth — Costume Design
Mark Adler — Original Music Composer
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