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Bolero (1981)

May 27, 1981 · 3h 4m

6.9/10 TMDB user score
88 votes on TMDB

The 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.

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Top cast

  • Robert Hossein Robert Hossein Simon Meyer / Robert Prat
  • Nicole Garcia Nicole Garcia Anne Meyer
  • Geraldine Chaplin Geraldine Chaplin Suzan / Sara Glenn
  • Daniel Olbrychski Daniel Olbrychski Karl Kremer
  • Jorge Donn Jorge Donn Boris & Sergei Itovitch / Lead Dancer of Boléro
  • Rita Poelvoorde Tatiana & Tania Itovitch
  • Macha Méril Macha Méril Magda Kremer
  • Évelyne Bouix Évelyne Bouix Evelyne / Edith
  • Francis Huster Francis Huster Francis
  • Raymond Pellegrin Raymond Pellegrin M. Raymond
  • Paul Préboist Paul Préboist Le grand-père d'Edith
  • Jean-Claude Brialy Jean-Claude Brialy Le directeur du Lido
  • Marthe Villalonga Marthe Villalonga La grand-mère d'Edith
  • Fanny Ardant Fanny Ardant Véronique
  • Jean-Claude Bouttier Jean-Claude Bouttier Philippe Rouget
  • Richard Bohringer Richard Bohringer Richard

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