Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)
Erscheinungsjahr: 1988
Land: United States
Alternative Title: The Unbearable Lightness of Being, La insoportable levedad del ser, De ondraaglijke lichtheid van het bestaan, Непоносимата лекота на битието, A Insustentável Leveza do Ser, Nesnesitelná lehkost bytí, Tilværelsens ulidelige lethed, Olemisen sietämätön keveys, L'insoutenable légèreté de l'être, I avastakti elafrotita tou einai, A lét elviselhetetlen könnyűsége, L'insostenibile leggerezza dell'essere, Tilværelsens uutholdelige letthet, Nieznosna lekkosc bytu, Imposibila usuratate a fiintei, Nepodnošljiva lakoća postojanja, Невыносимая лёгкость бытия, Varats olidliga lätthet, Varolmanin dayanilmaz hafifligi, Die unerträgliche Leichtigkeit des Seins
Regisseur: Philip Kaufman
Writer: Jean-Claude Carrière, Milan Kundera, Philip Kaufman
Production Genre
Produzent: Producer: Saul Zaentz
Executive Producer: Bertil Ohlsson
Firmen: The Saul Zaentz Company
Genre: Drama, Erotic Film, Film Based On A Novel, Romance, Romance Film
Budget: 17.000.000
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Schlüsselwörter
Schlüsselwörter: 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
Geschichte
In 1960s Czechoslovakia, successful surgeon Tomas leads an uninhibited lifestyle with multiple affairs. He meets and brings back to Prague a young photographer named Tereza. When Tomas' affair with the bohemian Sabina is revealed, Tereza decides to leave him during the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968. After realizing his mistake, Tomas chases after Tereza.
Zusammenfassung
Based on Milan Kundera's novel, 'Unbearable Lightness of Being' (1988) is a drama directed by Philip Kaufman that explores themes of love, infidelity, and loyalty amidst political upheaval. Set in Prague during the Prague Spring, the film follows Tomas, an apolitical womanizer who finds himself torn between his relationships with Tereza and Sabina. The Soviet invasion shatters their illusions and forces them to reevaluate their lives.
