The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Philip Kaufman.

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
• 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

Crew

• Philip Kaufman — Screenplay
• Jean-Claude Carrière — Screenplay
• Philip Kaufman — Director
• Mark Adler — Original Music Composer
• Sven Nykvist — Director of Photography
• Saul Zaentz — Producer
• Milan Kundera — Novel

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