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.
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
Unknown
Judith Atwell
Unknown
Claudine Berg
Unknown
Jean-Claude Bouillon
Unknown
Miroslaw Beuer
Unknown
Niven Busch
Unknown
Margot Capelier
Unknown
Victor Chelkoff
Unknown
Monica Constandache
Unknown
Jean-Claude Dauphin
Swiss editor
Dominique De Moncutt
Unknown
Bernard Lepinaux
Unknown
Josiane Lévêque
Unknown
Peter Majer
Unknown
Charles Millot
Lecturer in Geneva
Gérard Moulévrier
Unknown
Jan Němec
Cameraman filming the tanks in Prague
Charly Oleg
Unknown
Sylvie Plantard
Unknown
Olga Baïdar-Poliakoff
Unknown
Christine Potter
Unknown
Hana Maria Pravda
Unknown
Romano
Unknown
André Sanfratello
Unknown
Jiří Stanislav
Unknown
Milos Szoboda
Unknown
Helenka Vernier
Unknown
Marrian Walters
Unknown
Serge Delanoue
Danseur (uncredited)
Philip Kaufman
Man walking on street outside Sabina's flat (uncredited)
Isabelle Noérie
Student (uncredited)
Crew
Philip Kaufman
Director, Screenplay
Jean-Claude Carrière
Screenplay
Milan Kundera
Novel
Vivien Hillgrove
Editor
Walter Murch
Editor
Michael Magill
Editor
B.J. Sears
Co-Editor
Sven Nykvist
Director of Photography
Charles Paviot
First Assistant Director
Robert Kechichian
Second Assistant Director
Simon Brook
Third Assistant Director
Bertil Ohlsson
Executive Producer
Saul Zaentz
Producer
Paul Zaentz
Associate Producer
Pierre Guffroy
Production Design
Philippe Houdart
Camera Operator
Bernard Noisette
Camera Operator
Ann Roth
Costume Design
Paul LeBlanc
Key Hair Stylist
Suzanne Benoit
Key Makeup Artist
Rosalina Da Silva
Makeup Artist
Alan Splet
Sound Designer
Luis Colina
Sound Effects Editor
Richard Hymns
Sound Effects Editor
Pat Jackson
Sound Effects Editor
David Franklin Bergad
Sound Editor
Diana Pellegrini
Sound Editor
Mark Berger
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Todd Boekelheide
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
David Parker
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Chris Newman
Production Sound Mixer
Ann Kroeber
Sound Effects
Philip Rogers
Sound Recordist
Ernie Fosselius
Foley Editor
Mark Adler
Original Music Composer
Barbara McBane
Dialogue Editor
Rémy Julienne
Stunt Coordinator
George Michael Pantages
Gaffer
Daniel Szuster
Production Manager
Frank Simeone
Unit Production Manager
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