A lovers’ story.
Overview
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
Jean-Claude Dauphin
Swiss editor
Charles Millot
Lecturer in Geneva
Jan Němec
Cameraman filming the tanks in Prague
Serge Delanoue
Danseur (uncredited)
Philip Kaufman
Man walking on street outside Sabina's flat (uncredited)
Isabelle Noérie
Student (uncredited)
A Taxing Woman
Maîtresse
Mustafa
The Manor of Araucaima
The Blue Flower of Novalis
The Squirrel and the Magic Shell
Night Falls on Manhattan
Scandal
Medea
Another Woman's Life
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
Paris 36
Putin's Palace: History of World's Largest Bribe
Betty Blue
So Young
The Accused
My Beautiful Laundrette
Reversal of Fortune
Paris
The Lovers on the Bridge