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Bolero

Les uns et les autres

19813h 4m6.9/ 10 · TMDB · 88 votes
DramaMusic

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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Directed by Claude Lelouch

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The people behind the story

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

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Film details

Released27 May 1981
Original languageFrench
CountriesFrance
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