Bolero: Dance of Life

Bolero: Dance of Life

184 mins | Drama, Music | May 27, 1981

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.

Bolero: Dance of Life

184 mins | Drama, Music | May 27, 1981

Bolero: 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.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers Les Films 13
Original title Les uns et les autres
Directors Claude Lelouch
Writers Claude Lelouch

Cast

Robert Hossein

as Simon Meyer / Robert Prat

Nicole Garcia

as Anne Meyer

Geraldine Chaplin

as Suzan / Sara Glenn

Daniel Olbrychski

as Karl Kremer

Jorge Donn

as Boris & Sergei Itovitch / Lead Dancer of Boléro

Rita Poelvoorde

as Tatiana & Tania Itovitch

Macha Méril

as Magda Kremer

Évelyne Bouix

as Evelyne / Edith

Francis Huster

as Francis

Raymond Pellegrin

as M. Raymond

Paul Préboist

as Le grand-père d'Edith

Jean-Claude Brialy

as Le directeur du Lido

Marthe Villalonga

as La grand-mère d'Edith

Fanny Ardant

as Véronique

Jean-Claude Bouttier

as Philippe Rouget

Richard Bohringer

as Richard

Nicole Croisille

as Nicole Croisille

Ginette Garcin

as Ginette

Jean-Pierre Kalfon

as Père Antoine

Geneviève Mnich

as Jeanne

Alexandra Stewart

as Alexandra

Éva Darlan

as Eva

Manuel Gélin

as Patrick Prat

Candice Patou

as Candice

Maïa Simon

as Me Isabelle Prat

James Caan

as Jack Glenn / Jason Glenn

Féodor Atkine

as Alexis

Jean-Claude Bourbault

as Le garde-barrière

Anne Caudry

as La fille d'Eva

Louise Chevalier

as La bonne du Père Antoine

Nicole Daresco

as Gina

Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu

as Le représentant Croix Rouge (UNICEF)

Maxime Dufeu

as Le voisin

Andy Fenwick

as Glenn as a boy

Ernie Garrett

as Bobby

Charles Gérard

as Charlot

Lyle Joyce

as Mr. Tracy

Jacques Villeret

as Jacques

Sharon Stone

as Girl with Glenn Senior (uncredited)

Valérie Quennessen

as Francis's girlfriend