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Bolero

Les uns et les autres

27 May 1981 3h 04min 6.9/10 (88) FR

“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.

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Director
Claude Lelouch
Writer
Claude Lelouch
Music
Francis Lai, Michel Legrand
Cinematography
Jean Boffety
Editing
Hugues Darmois, Sophie Bhaud
Producer
Claude Lelouch
Countries
France

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
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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
Richard Bohringer Richard
Nicole Croisille Nicole Croisille
Ginette Garcin Ginette
Jean-Pierre Kalfon Père Antoine
Geneviève Mnich Jeanne

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Also available in: Belgium, Canada, Switzerland, Denmark, Spain, Finland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Sweden

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