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Bolero 1981 Directed by Claude Lelouch Les uns et les autres

The dance of life!

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.

Country France
Production Country France
Language French
Spoken Languages English , French , Russian
Gneres Drama , Music
Production Company Les Films 13
Release Date 27 May 1981
184 mins
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
Raymond Pellegrin M. Raymond
Paul Préboist Le grand-père d'Edith
Jean-Claude Brialy Le directeur du Lido
Marthe Villalonga La grand-mère d'Edith
Fanny Ardant Véronique
Jean-Claude Bouttier Philippe Rouget
Nicole Croisille Nicole Croisille
Jean-Pierre Kalfon Père Antoine
Manuel Gélin Patrick Prat
Maïa Simon Me Isabelle Prat
James Caan Jack Glenn / Jason Glenn
Jean-Claude Bourbault Le garde-barrière
Anne Caudry La fille d'Eva
Louise Chevalier La bonne du Père Antoine
Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu Le représentant Croix Rouge (UNICEF)
Maxime Dufeu Le voisin
Andy Fenwick Glenn as a boy
Lyle Joyce Mr. Tracy
Valérie Quennessen Francis's girlfriend
Sharon Stone Girl with Glenn Senior (uncredited)