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Bolero: Dance of Life
1981, May 27
3h 4m
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.
Directed by
Claude Lelouch
Written by
Claude Lelouch
Sharon Stone
Girl with Glenn Senior (uncredited)
Geraldine Chaplin
Suzan / Sara Glenn
James Caan
Jack Glenn / Jason Glenn
Fanny Ardant
Véronique
Alexandra Stewart
Alexandra
Féodor Atkine
Alexis
Jean-Claude Brialy
Le directeur du Lido
Raymond Pellegrin
M. Raymond
Robert Hossein
Simon Meyer / Robert Prat
Nicole Garcia
Anne Meyer
Valérie Quennessen
Francis's girlfriend
Macha Méril
Magda Kremer
Jacques Villeret
Jacques
Jean-Pierre Kalfon
Père Antoine
Paul Préboist
Le grand-père d'Edith
Éva Darlan
Eva
Richard Bohringer
Richard
Jean-Pierre Castaldi
Daniel Olbrychski
Karl Kremer
Charles Gérard
Charlot
Francis Huster
Francis
Candice Patou
Candice
Manuel Gélin
Patrick Prat
Marthe Villalonga
La grand-mère d'Edith
Évelyne Bouix
Evelyne / Edith
Christophe Bourseiller
Ginette Garcin
Ginette
Gérard Ismaël
Nicole Croisille
Nicole Croisille
Geneviève Mnich
Jeanne
Anne Caudry
La fille d'Eva
Sarah Abrell
Mireille Audibert
Maïa Simon
Me Isabelle Prat
Jean-Claude Bouttier
Philippe Rouget
Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu
Le représentant Croix Rouge (UNICEF)
Louise Chevalier
La bonne du Père Antoine
Jean-Claude Bourbault
Le garde-barrière
Jorge Donn
Boris & Sergei Itovitch / Lead Dancer of Boléro
Rita Poelvoorde
Tatiana & Tania Itovitch
Véronique Coquet
Thérèse Crémieux
Katalin Csarny
Dan Daes
Nicole Daresco
Gina
Andrée Delair
Linda Dingwall
Maxime Dufeu
Le voisin
Andy Fenwick
Glenn as a boy
Farmer Fuller
Ernie Garrett
Bobby
Evelyne Hue
Philippe Jacques
Lyle Joyce
Mr. Tracy
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