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