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.
Details
- Director
- Philip Kaufman
- Writer
- Jean-Claude Carrière
- Original Language
- English
- Budget
- $17,000,000
Cast
Daniel Day-Lewis
Daniel Olbrychski
Derek de Lint
Donald Moffat
Erland Josephson
Juliette Binoche
Lena Olin
Pavel Landovský
Stellan Skarsgård
Tomasz Borkowy
Keywords
1960s
based on novel or book
communism
free love
infidelity
lover
loyalty
partnership
photographer
prague
czech republic
soviet military
soviet union
surgeon
waitress
warsaw pact
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