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The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Duration: 2 hours, 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Scotland

Adaptation of Milan Kundera's 1984 bestseller. Tomas, a womanising Czech doctor, meets the waif-like Tereza and falls in love. Despite marrying her, he continues his dissolute lifestyle with his mistress Sabina - but after the Soviet invasion of Prague, all three are forced to flee to Switzerland together. Show less

Contributors

Sabina:
Lena Olin
The Ambassador:
Erland Josephson
Chief Surgeon:
Donald Moffat
Interior Ministry Official:
Daniel Olbrychski
The Engineer:
Stellan Skarsgard
Producer:
Saul Zaentz

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