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Bolero: Dance of Life (1981)

Overview

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.
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Claude Lelouch profile
Claude Lelouch

Director

Cast

Robert Hossein profile
Robert Hossein

Simon Meyer / Robert Prat

Nicole Garcia profile
Nicole Garcia

Anne Meyer

Geraldine Chaplin profile
Geraldine Chaplin

Suzan / Sara Glenn

Daniel Olbrychski profile
Daniel Olbrychski

Karl Kremer

Jorge Donn profile
Jorge Donn

Boris & Sergei Itovitch / Lead Dancer of Boléro

Rita Poelvoorde profile
Rita Poelvoorde

Tatiana & Tania Itovitch

Macha Méril profile
Macha Méril

Magda Kremer

Évelyne Bouix profile
Évelyne Bouix

Evelyne / Edith

Francis Huster profile
Francis Huster

Francis

Raymond Pellegrin profile
Raymond Pellegrin

M. Raymond

Paul Préboist profile
Paul Préboist

Le grand-père d'Edith

Jean-Claude Brialy profile
Jean-Claude Brialy

Le directeur du Lido

Robert Hossein profile
Robert Hossein

Simon Meyer / Robert Prat

Nicole Garcia profile
Nicole Garcia

Anne Meyer

Geraldine Chaplin profile
Geraldine Chaplin

Suzan / Sara Glenn

Daniel Olbrychski profile
Daniel Olbrychski

Karl Kremer

Jorge Donn profile
Jorge Donn

Boris & Sergei Itovitch / Lead Dancer of Boléro

Rita Poelvoorde profile
Rita Poelvoorde

Tatiana & Tania Itovitch

Macha Méril profile
Macha Méril

Magda Kremer

Évelyne Bouix profile
Évelyne Bouix

Evelyne / Edith

Francis Huster profile
Francis Huster

Francis

Raymond Pellegrin profile
Raymond Pellegrin

M. Raymond

Paul Préboist profile
Paul Préboist

Le grand-père d'Edith

Jean-Claude Brialy profile
Jean-Claude Brialy

Le directeur du Lido

Extra

Release Date

May 27, 1981

Original Language

French, Italian

Budget

$0.00

Production Company

Les Films 13 logo

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