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Bolero: Dance of Life

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Plot

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 as Simon Meyer / Robert Prat
Robert Hossein

as Simon Meyer / Robert Prat

Nicole Garcia as Anne Meyer
Nicole Garcia

as Anne Meyer

Geraldine Chaplin as Suzan / Sara Glenn
Geraldine Chaplin

as Suzan / Sara Glenn

Daniel Olbrychski as Karl Kremer
Daniel Olbrychski

as Karl Kremer

Jorge Donn as Boris & Sergei Itovitch / Lead Dancer of Boléro
Jorge Donn

as Boris & Sergei Itovitch / Lead Dancer of Boléro

Rita Poelvoorde as Tatiana & Tania Itovitch
Rita Poelvoorde

as Tatiana & Tania Itovitch

Macha Méril as Magda Kremer
Macha Méril

as Magda Kremer

Évelyne Bouix as Evelyne / Edith
Évelyne Bouix

as Evelyne / Edith

Francis Huster as Francis
Francis Huster

as Francis

Raymond Pellegrin as M. Raymond
Raymond Pellegrin

as M. Raymond

Movie Facts

Rated

  • N/A

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • May 27, 1981

Production Companies

  • Les Films 13

Production Countries

  • France

Spoken Language

  • Français

  • Italiano

Budget

  • $0.00

Revenue

  • -

Runtime

  • 3.07 hrs

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