Bolero

Released

May 27, 1981

Runtime: 3h 4m

Bolero
FrenchDramaMusic

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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Cast & Crew

  • 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

  • JD

    Jorge Donn

    Boris & Sergei Itovitch / Lead Dancer of Boléro

  • RP

    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

  • Claude Lelouch

    Claude Lelouch

    Director

  • Claude Lelouch

    Claude Lelouch

    Writer

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