Bolero
Les uns et les autres
Release: 1981-05-27
·Runtime: 184m
·★ 6.9
Drama
Music
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.
Production Countries
France
Production Companies
Les Films 13
Cast
Jean-Claude Brialy
as Le directeur du Lido
Daniel Olbrychski
as Karl Kremer
Raymond Pellegrin
as M. Raymond
Sarah Abrell
Christophe Bourseiller
Jean-Pierre Castaldi
Louise Chevalier
as La bonne du Père Antoine
Richard Bohringer
as Richard
Nicole Croisille
as Nicole Croisille
Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu
as Le représentant Croix Rouge (UNICEF)
Charles Gérard
as Charlot
Ginette Garcin
as Ginette
Jean-Claude Bouttier
as Philippe Rouget
Alexandra Stewart
as Alexandra
Manuel Gélin
as Patrick Prat
Maïa Simon
as Me Isabelle Prat
Mireille Audibert
Anne Caudry
as La fille d'Eva
Jacques Villeret
as Jacques
Valérie Quennessen
as Francis's girlfriend
Évelyne Bouix
as Evelyne / Edith
Francis Huster
as Francis
Jean-Pierre Kalfon
as Père Antoine
Sharon Stone
as Girl with Glenn Senior (uncredited)
Nicole Garcia
as Anne Meyer
Marthe Villalonga
as La grand-mère d'Edith
Geneviève Mnich
as Jeanne
James Caan
as Jack Glenn / Jason Glenn
Gérard Ismaël
Fanny Ardant
as Véronique
Robert Hossein
as Simon Meyer / Robert Prat
Macha Méril
as Magda Kremer
Paul Préboist
as Le grand-père d'Edith
Candice Patou
as Candice
Jean-Claude Bourbault
as Le garde-barrière
Geraldine Chaplin
as Suzan / Sara Glenn
Éva Darlan
as Eva
Féodor Atkine
as Alexis
