Bolero (1981)
All the adventure a man can live, he lives.
1981-05-27
France
184 Min.
PG-13
Drama, Music
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.
Cast
Simon Meyer / Robert Prat
Anne Meyer
Suzan / Sara Glenn
Karl Kremer
Boris & Sergei Itovitch / Lead Dancer of Boléro
Tatiana & Tania Itovitch
Magda Kremer
Evelyne / Edith
Francis
M. Raymond
Le grand-père d'Edith
Le directeur du Lido
La grand-mère d'Edith
Véronique
Philippe Rouget
Richard
Nicole Croisille
Ginette
Père Antoine
Jeanne
Alexandra
Eva
Patrick Prat
Candice
Me Isabelle Prat
Jack Glenn / Jason Glenn
Alexis
Le garde-barrière
La fille d'Eva
La bonne du Père Antoine
Gina
Le représentant Croix Rouge (UNICEF)
Le voisin
Glenn as a boy
Bobby
Charlot
Mr. Tracy
Jacques
Francis's girlfriend
Girl with Glenn Senior (uncredited)
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