Bolero
“The dance of life!”
1981•3h 4m•6.9•Released
DramaMusic
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.
Director
Claude Lelouch
Writer
Claude Lelouch
Languages
Russian, French, English
Studio
Les Films 13
Cast
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
Marthe Villalonga
La grand-mère d'Edith
Fanny Ardant
Véronique
Jean-Claude Bouttier
Philippe Rouget
Production
Company
Les Films 13
Producer
Claude Lelouch
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