Bolero

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 Lido

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