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Bolero

The dance of life!

3.5

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Duration184 min.
LanguageEnglish
StatusReleased
Release DateMay 27, 1981

Overview

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.

Genres

  • Drama
  • Music

Casts

Robert Hossein

Robert Hossein

Simon Meyer / Robert Prat

Nicole Garcia

Nicole Garcia

Anne Meyer

Geraldine Chaplin

Geraldine Chaplin

Suzan / Sara Glenn

Daniel Olbrychski

Daniel Olbrychski

Karl Kremer

Jorge Donn

Boris & Sergei Itovitch / Lead Dancer of Boléro

Rita Poelvoorde

Tatiana & Tania Itovitch

Macha Méril

Macha Méril

Magda Kremer

Évelyne Bouix

Évelyne Bouix

Evelyne / Edith

Francis Huster

Francis Huster

Francis

Raymond Pellegrin

Raymond Pellegrin

M. Raymond

Paul Préboist

Paul Préboist

Le grand-père d'Edith

Jean-Claude Brialy

Jean-Claude Brialy

Le directeur du Lido

Marthe Villalonga

Marthe Villalonga

La grand-mère d'Edith

Fanny Ardant

Fanny Ardant

Véronique

Jean-Claude Bouttier

Jean-Claude Bouttier

Philippe Rouget

Richard Bohringer

Richard Bohringer

Richard

Nicole Croisille

Nicole Croisille

Nicole Croisille

Ginette Garcin

Ginette Garcin

Ginette

Jean-Pierre Kalfon

Jean-Pierre Kalfon

Père Antoine

Geneviève Mnich

Geneviève Mnich

Jeanne

Alexandra Stewart

Alexandra Stewart

Alexandra

Éva Darlan

Éva Darlan

Eva

Manuel Gélin

Manuel Gélin

Patrick Prat

Candice Patou

Candice Patou

Candice

Maïa Simon

Maïa Simon

Me Isabelle Prat

James Caan

James Caan

Jack Glenn / Jason Glenn

Sarah Abrell

Sarah Abrell

Féodor Atkine

Féodor Atkine

Alexis

Mireille Audibert

Mireille Audibert

Jean-Claude Bourbault

Jean-Claude Bourbault

Le garde-barrière

Christophe Bourseiller

Christophe Bourseiller

Jean-Pierre Castaldi

Jean-Pierre Castaldi

Anne Caudry

Anne Caudry

La fille d'Eva

Louise Chevalier

Louise Chevalier

La bonne du Père Antoine

Véronique Coquet

Thérèse Crémieux

Katalin Csarny

Dan Daes

Nicole Daresco

Gina

Andrée Delair

Linda Dingwall

Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu

Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu

Le représentant Croix Rouge (UNICEF)

Maxime Dufeu

Le voisin

Andy Fenwick

Glenn as a boy

Farmer Fuller

Ernie Garrett

Bobby

Charles Gérard

Charles Gérard

Charlot

Evelyne Hue

Gérard Ismaël

Gérard Ismaël

Philippe Jacques

Lyle Joyce

Mr. Tracy

Jacques Villeret

Jacques Villeret

Jacques

Valérie Quennessen

Valérie Quennessen

Francis's girlfriend

Sharon Stone

Sharon Stone

Girl with Glenn Senior (uncredited)

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