Movie · 1988
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Released 5 February 1988 More from 1988 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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.
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How old were they?
Charles Millot
as Lecturer in Geneva
Erland Josephson
as The Ambassador
Vladimír Valenta
as Mayor
Claudine Berg
Pavel Landovský
as Pavel
László Szabó
as Russian Interrogator
Jean-Claude Bouillon
Jean-Claude Dauphin
as Swiss editor
Stellan Skarsgård
as The Engineer
Daniel Day-Lewis
as Tomas
Clovis Cornillac
as Boy in Bar
Bruce Myers
as Czech Editor
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The numbers
47years between the oldest and youngest billed
66Charles Millot — oldest on the call sheet
19Clovis Cornillac — youngest billed
47average age of the credited cast