Movie type

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Philip Kaufman, United States, 1987

172 min.Feature

Basic information Credits

Original title	The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Danish title	Tilværelsens ulidelige lethed
Director	Philip Kaufman
Screenplay	Jean-Claude Carrière, Philip Kaufman
Based on	Roman af Milan Kundera
Director of Photography	Sven Nykvist
Editor	Walter Murch, B.J. Sears, Vivien Hillgrove Gilliam, Stephen A. Rotter
Sound	Alan Splet, Vivien Hillgrove Gilliam, Barbara McBane, Marilyn McCoppen, Michael Silvers, Karen Spangenberg, Ronald A. Jacobs, Chris Newman
Composer	Mark Adler, Ernie Fosselius
Production designer	Pierre Guffroy, Gérard Viard, Thérèse Ripaud, Gérard James
Appearance	Daniel Day-Lewis, Juliette Binoche, Lena Olin, Derek de Lint
Production country	United States
Domestic distribution	Nordisk Film
Technical info	Technicolor
Danish theatrical release	22.04.1988
Cinemas	Imperial, Lyngby Teatret, Biografen (Århus) Filmen havde gallapremiere 14.4.88 i Imperial
TV release	01.04.1994, DR
Danish rating	Allowed for children over the age of 12

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Companies
Production company	The Saul Zaentz Company
Domestic distribution	Nordisk Film

Direction
Direction	Philip Kaufman
Assistant director	Vincent Bercholz
Assistant director	Charles Paviot
Assistant director	Eric Bartonio
Assistant director	Robert Kechichian
Assistant director	Pascal Fouineau
Assistant director	Simon Brooks
Assistant director	Josh Zaentz

Script
Script	Jean-Claude Carrière
Script	Philip Kaufman

Production
Production	Saul Zaentz
Executive producer	Bertil Ohlsson
Production manager	Jacques Bourdon
Production manager	Daniel Szuster
Production assistant	Paul Zaentz

Cinematography
Cinematography	Sven Nykvist
Cinematographer	Bernard Noisette
Cinematographer	Philippe Houdart

Editing
Editing	Walter Murch
Editing	B.J. Sears
Editing	Vivien Hillgrove Gilliam
Editing	Stephen A. Rotter

Music
Music	Mark Adler
Music	Ernie Fosselius

Production design
Production design	Pierre Guffroy
Production designer	Gérard Viard
Production designer	Thérèse Ripaud
Production designer	Gérard James

Wardrobe
Wardrobe	Ann Roth

Sound
Sound	Alan Splet
Sound	Vivien Hillgrove Gilliam
Sound	Barbara McBane
Sound	Marilyn McCoppen
Sound	Michael Silvers
Sound	Karen Spangenberg
Sound	Ronald A. Jacobs
Sound	Chris Newman

Appearance
Appearance	Daniel Day-Lewis
Appearance	Juliette Binoche
Appearance	Lena Olin
Appearance	Derek de Lint
Appearance	Erland Josephson
Appearance	Pavel Landovsky
Appearance	Donald Moffat
Appearance	Daniel Olbrychski
Appearance	Stellan Skarsgård
Appearance	Tomek Bork
Appearance	Bruce Myers
Appearance	Pavel Slaby
Appearance	Pascale Kalensky
Appearance	Jacques Ciron
Appearance	Anne Lonnberg
Appearance	Laszlo Szabo
Appearance	Vladimir Valenta
Appearance	Clovis Cornillac
Appearance	Leon Lissek
Appearance	Consuelo De Haviland
Appearance	Jacqueline Abraham-Vernier
Appearance	Judith Atwell
Appearance	Claudine Berg
Appearance	Jean-Claude Bouillon
Appearance	Miroslav Breuer
Appearance	Niven Busch
Appearance	Margot Capelier
Appearance	Victor Chelkoff
Appearance	Monica Constandache
Appearance	Jean-Claude Dauphin
Appearance	Dominique de Moncuit
Appearance	Bernard Lepinaux
Appearance	Josiane Lévêque
Appearance	Peter Majer
Appearance	Charles Millot
Appearance	Gérard Moulevrier
Appearance	Jan Nemec
Appearance	Charly Oleg
Appearance	Sylvie Plantard
Appearance	Olga Baidar Poliakoff
Appearance	Christine Pottier
Appearance	Hana-Maria Pravda
Appearance	Romano
Appearance	André Sanfratello
Appearance	Jiri Stanislav
Appearance	Milos Svoboda
Appearance	Helenka Verner
Appearance	Marrian Walters

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The Unbearable Lightness of Being

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