
Bolero
“The dance of life!”
1981 · 3h 4m · Drama, Music
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.
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 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 LidoReviews 0
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