
Bolero
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.
Cast

Gérard Ismaël

Jacques Villeret
Jacques

Nicole Garcia
Anne Meyer

Geraldine Chaplin
Suzan / Sara Glenn

Francis Huster
Francis

Raymond Pellegrin
M. Raymond

Richard Bohringer
Richard

Éva Darlan
Eva

Christophe Bourseiller

James Caan
Jack Glenn / Jason Glenn

Macha Méril
Magda Kremer

Évelyne Bouix
Evelyne / Edith

Jean-Claude Brialy
Le directeur du Lido

Fanny Ardant
Véronique

Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu
Le représentant Croix Rouge (UNICEF)

Jorge Donn
Boris & Sergei Itovitch / Lead Dancer of Boléro

Anne Caudry
La fille d'Eva

Valérie Quennessen
Francis's girlfriend

Daniel Olbrychski
Karl Kremer

Ginette Garcin
Ginette

Jean-Pierre Kalfon
Père Antoine

Sarah Abrell

Jean-Pierre Castaldi

Manuel Gélin
Patrick Prat

Maïa Simon
Me Isabelle Prat

Marthe Villalonga
La grand-mère d'Edith

Nicole Croisille
Nicole Croisille

Mireille Audibert

Jean-Claude Bourbault
Le garde-barrière

Candice Patou
Candice

Robert Hossein
Simon Meyer / Robert Prat

Paul Préboist
Le grand-père d'Edith

Geneviève Mnich
Jeanne

Louise Chevalier
La bonne du Père Antoine

Jean-Claude Bouttier
Philippe Rouget

Alexandra Stewart
Alexandra

Féodor Atkine
Alexis

Sharon Stone
Girl with Glenn Senior (uncredited)

Charles Gérard
Charlot