Bolero

Bolero (1981)

Les uns et les autres

The dance of life!

The film follows four families, with different nationalities (French, German, Russian and American) but with the same passion for music, from the 1930s to the 1960s. The various story lines cross each other time and again in different places and times, with their own theme scores that evolve as time passes. The main event in the film is the Second World War, which throws the stories of the four musical families together and mixes their fates. Although all characters are fictional, many of them are loosely based on historical musical icons (Édith Piaf, Josephine Baker, Herbert von Karajan, Glenn Miller, Rudolf Nureyev, etc.) The Boléro dance sequence at the end brings all the threads together.

Date of release
1981-05-27
TMDB
6.9 / 10 (88)
Runtime
3h 4m
Genres
Drama, Music
Director
Claude Lelouch

Casting

  • Robert Hossein — Simon Meyer / Robert Prat
  • Nicole Garcia — Anne Meyer
  • Geraldine Chaplin — Suzan / Sara Glenn
  • Daniel Olbrychski — Karl Kremer
  • Jorge Donn — Boris & Sergei Itovitch / Lead Dancer of Boléro
  • Rita Poelvoorde — Tatiana & Tania Itovitch
  • Macha Méril — Magda Kremer
  • Évelyne Bouix — Evelyne / Edith
  • Francis Huster — Francis
  • Raymond Pellegrin — M. Raymond
  • Paul Préboist — Le grand-père d'Edith
  • Jean-Claude Brialy — Le directeur du Lido

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