Bolero
The Plot
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.
3h 4m
Drama, Music
27 May 1981
France
Russian, French, English
Director & Producers
Claude LelouchTop Billed Cast
Robert HosseinSimon Meyer / Robert Prat
Nicole GarciaAnne Meyer
Geraldine ChaplinSuzan / Sara Glenn
Daniel OlbrychskiKarl Kremer
Boris & Sergei Itovitch / Lead Dancer of Boléro
Tatiana & Tania Itovitch
Macha MérilMagda Kremer
Évelyne BouixEvelyne / Edith
Francis HusterFrancis
Raymond PellegrinM. Raymond
Paul PréboistLe grand-père d'Edith
Jean-Claude BrialyLe directeur du Lido
Jean Boffety
Francis Lai
Michel Legrand