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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)
James Caan
Jack Glenn / Jason Glenn
Geraldine Chaplin
Suzan / Sara Glenn
Fanny Ardant
Véronique
Daniel Olbrychski
Karl Kremer
Paul Préboist
Le grand-père d'Edith
Nicole Garcia
Anne Meyer
Alexandra Stewart
Alexandra
Jean-Claude Brialy
Le directeur du Lido
Francis Huster
Francis
Jacques Villeret
Jacques
Macha Méril
Magda Kremer
Jean-Pierre Castaldi
Féodor Atkine
Alexis
Robert Hossein
Simon Meyer / Robert Prat
Jean-Pierre Kalfon
Père Antoine
Marthe Villalonga
La grand-mère d'Edith
Richard Bohringer
Richard
Valérie Quennessen
Francis's girlfriend
Louise Chevalier
La bonne du Père Antoine
Manuel Gélin
Patrick Prat
Évelyne Bouix
Evelyne / Edith
Éva Darlan
Eva
Raymond Pellegrin
M. Raymond
Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu
Le représentant Croix Rouge (UNICEF)
Ginette Garcin
Ginette
Anne Caudry
La fille d'Eva
Charles Gérard
Charlot
Nicole Croisille
Nicole Croisille
Geneviève Mnich
Jeanne
Christophe Bourseiller
Mireille Audibert
Sarah Abrell
Candice Patou
Candice
Gérard Ismaël
Jean-Claude Bourbault
Le garde-barrière
Jean-Claude Bouttier
Philippe Rouget
Maïa Simon
Me Isabelle Prat
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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