Bolero

The story

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

R Robert HosseinSimon Meyer / Robert Prat N Nicole GarciaAnne Meyer G Geraldine ChaplinSuzan / Sara Glenn D Daniel OlbrychskiKarl Kremer J Jorge DonnBoris & Sergei Itovitch / Lead Dancer of Boléro R Rita PoelvoordeTatiana & Tania Itovitch M Macha MérilMagda Kremer É Évelyne BouixEvelyne / Edith F Francis HusterFrancis R Raymond PellegrinM. Raymond P Paul PréboistLe grand-père d'Edith J Jean-Claude BrialyLe directeur du Lido

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M Marthe VillalongaLa grand-mère d'Edith F Fanny ArdantVéronique J Jean-Claude BouttierPhilippe Rouget R Richard BohringerRichard N Nicole CroisilleNicole Croisille G Ginette GarcinGinette J Jean-Pierre KalfonPère Antoine G Geneviève MnichJeanne A Alexandra StewartAlexandra É Éva DarlanEva M Manuel GélinPatrick Prat C Candice PatouCandice M Maïa SimonMe Isabelle Prat J James CaanJack Glenn / Jason Glenn S Sarah Abrell F Féodor AtkineAlexis M Mireille Audibert J Jean-Claude BourbaultLe garde-barrière C Christophe Bourseiller J Jean-Pierre Castaldi A Anne CaudryLa fille d'Eva L Louise ChevalierLa bonne du Père Antoine V Véronique Coquet T Thérèse Crémieux K Katalin Csarny D Dan Daes N Nicole DarescoGina A Andrée Delair L Linda Dingwall B Bernard-Pierre DonnadieuLe représentant Croix Rouge (UNICEF) M Maxime DufeuLe voisin A Andy FenwickGlenn as a boy F Farmer Fuller E Ernie GarrettBobby C Charles GérardCharlot E Evelyne Hue G Gérard Ismaël P Philippe Jacques L Lyle JoyceMr. Tracy J Jacques VilleretJacques V Valérie QuennessenFrancis's girlfriend S Sharon StoneGirl with Glenn Senior (uncredited)