Directed by:
Philip KaufmanCinematography:
Sven NykvistComposer:
Mark AdlerCast:
Daniel Day-Lewis, Juliette Binoche, Lena Olin, Derek de Lint, Erland Josephson, Pavel Landovský, Donald Moffat, Daniel Olbrychski, Stellan Skarsgård (more)Plots(1)
Tomas is a doctor and a lady-killer in 1960s Czechoslovakia, an apolitical man who is struck with love for the bookish country girl Tereza; his more sophisticated sometime lover Sabina eventually accepts their relationship and the two women form an electric friendship. The three are caught up in the events of the Prague Spring (1968), until the Soviet tanks crush the non-violent rebels; their illusions are shattered and their lives change forever. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Daniel Day-Lewis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/828/163828252_c73269.jpg)
Daniel Day-Lewis
UK
Best movies:
In the Name of the Father (1993)
The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
Gandhi (1982)
![Juliette Binoche](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/212/166212001_79560e.jpg)
Juliette Binoche
France
Best movies:
Three Colours: Red (1994)
Three Colors: Blue (1993)
Three Colours: White (1994)
![Lena Olin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/680/162680486_aeb291.png)
Lena Olin
Sweden
Best movies:
One Life (2023)
Fanny and Alexander (1982)
The Reader (2008)
![Derek de Lint](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276758_50aaf7.jpg)
Derek de Lint
Netherlands
Best movies:
Into the West (2005) (series)
Black Book (2006)
Admiral (2015)
![Erland Josephson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271221_9339ac.jpg)
Erland Josephson
Sweden
Best movies:
Scenes from a Marriage (1973)
Fanny and Alexander (1982)
The Ox (1991)
![Pavel Landovský](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268560_a1de2a.jpg)
Pavel Landovský
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Revizor (1971) (theatrical recording)
The Valley of the Bees (1967)
Adelheid (1969)
![Donald Moffat](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/932/157932506_b12670.jpg)
Donald Moffat
UK
Best movies:
The Thing (1982)
The Gift of Love (1978) (TV movie)
The Right Stuff (1983)
![Daniel Olbrychski](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/327/166327587_5b4aa3.png)
Daniel Olbrychski
Poland
Best movies:
Gibel imperii (2005) (series)
The Promised Land (1974)
Potop (1974)
![Stellan Skarsgård](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/671/163671628_d25108.jpg)
Stellan Skarsgård
Sweden
Best movies:
Chernobyl (2019) (series)
Good Will Hunting (1997)
Dune: Part Two (2024)
Tomasz Borkowy
Poland
Best movies:
Taggart (1983) (series)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)
Murder on the Moon (1989) (TV movie)
Bruce Myers
UK
Best movies:
Pavel Slabý
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Nikita (1990)
Candidate (2013)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)
Jacques Ciron
France
Best movies:
L'Allée du roi (1996) (series)
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
My New Partner (1984)
Anne Lonnberg
USA
Best movies:
Love and Death (1975)
Moonraker (1979)
Seven Nights in Japan (1976)
László Szabó
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
Abandoned (2001)
Adoption (1975)
Binding Sentiments (1969)
Vladimír Valenta
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Closely Observed Trains (1966)
The End of a Priest (1968)
Sunday in the Country (1974)
![Clovis Cornillac](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/713/161713044_e75e43.jpg)
Clovis Cornillac
France
Best movies:
Little Tickles (2018)
A Very Long Engagement (2004)
The Very Merry Widows (2003)
Consuelo De Haviland
Best movies:
Betty Blue (1986)
Lune froide (1991)
Maigret (1991) (series)
![Claudine Berg](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/036/677/36677382_553686.jpg)
Claudine Berg
France
Best movies:
To Each His Hell (1977)
Charade (1963)
To Die of Love (1971)
![Jean-Claude Bouillon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/002/162002591_341c6c.jpg)
Jean-Claude Bouillon
France
Best movies:
State Reasons (1978)
Un flic sous influence (2000) (TV movie)
Military Coup in Kolwezi (1980)