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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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- verified Status: Released
- calendar_month Release Date: 1988-02-05
- video_camera_front Companies The Saul Zaentz Company
- timer Runtime: 171 Mins
- star Rating: 6.9 / 10
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- info IMDB ID tt0096332
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smart_display Cast
Daniel Day-Lewis
Tomas
Juliette Binoche
Tereza
Lena Olin
Sabina
Derek de Lint
Franz
Stellan Skarsgård
The Engineer
Erland Josephson
The Ambassador
Pavel Landovský
Pavel
Donald Moffat
Chief Surgeon
Daniel Olbrychski
Interior Ministry Official
Tomasz Borkowy
Jiri
Bruce Myers
Czech Editor
Pavel Slabý
Pavel's Nephew
Pascale Kalensky
Nurse Katja
Jacques Ciron
Swiss Restaurant Manager
Anne Lonnberg
Swiss Photographer
László Szabó
Russian Interrogator
Vladimír Valenta
Mayor
Clovis Cornillac
Boy in Bar
Consuelo De Haviland
Tall Brunette
Leon Lissek
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
Swiss editor
Dominique De Moncutt
Bernard Lepinaux
Josiane Lévêque
Peter Majer
Charles Millot
Lecturer in Geneva
Gérard Moulévrier
Jan Němec
Cameraman filming the tanks in Prague
Charly Oleg
Sylvie Plantard
Olga Baïdar-Poliakoff
Christine Potter
Hana Maria Pravda
Romano
André Sanfratello
Jiří Stanislav
Milos Szoboda
Helenka Vernier
Marrian Walters
Serge Delanoue
Danseur (uncredited)
Philip Kaufman
Man walking on street outside Sabina's flat (uncredited)
Isabelle Noérie
Student (uncredited)
groups Crew
Philip Kaufman
Screenplay
Jean-Claude Carrière
Screenplay
Philip Kaufman
Director
Pierre Guffroy
Production Design
Paul Zaentz
Associate Producer
Pierre Guffroy
Costume Design
Mark Adler
Original Music Composer
Michael Magill
Editor
Vivien Hillgrove Gilliam
Editor
Walter Murch
Editor
Sven Nykvist
Director of Photography
Bertil Ohlsson
Executive Producer
Saul Zaentz
Producer
Milan Kundera
Novel
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
Simon Brook
Third Assistant Director
Robert Kechichian
Second Assistant Director
Charles Paviot
First Assistant Director
David Franklin Bergad
Sound Editor
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
George Michael Pantages
Gaffer
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