
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

Richard Bohringer
Richard

Jean-Pierre Castaldi

Nicole Garcia
Anne Meyer

Geraldine Chaplin
Suzan / Sara Glenn

Marthe Villalonga
La grand-mère d'Edith

Geneviève Mnich
Jeanne

Candice Patou
Candice

Maïa Simon
Me Isabelle Prat

James Caan
Jack Glenn / Jason Glenn

Anne Caudry
La fille d'Eva

Daniel Olbrychski
Karl Kremer

Francis Huster
Francis

Raymond Pellegrin
M. Raymond

Mireille Audibert

Christophe Bourseiller

Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu
Le représentant Croix Rouge (UNICEF)

Valérie Quennessen
Francis's girlfriend

Jorge Donn
Boris & Sergei Itovitch / Lead Dancer of Boléro

Jean-Claude Brialy
Le directeur du Lido

Fanny Ardant
Véronique

Ginette Garcin
Ginette

Jean-Claude Bourbault
Le garde-barrière

Louise Chevalier
La bonne du Père Antoine

Évelyne Bouix
Evelyne / Edith

Paul Préboist
Le grand-père d'Edith

Alexandra Stewart
Alexandra

Charles Gérard
Charlot

Macha Méril
Magda Kremer

Nicole Croisille
Nicole Croisille

Sarah Abrell

Féodor Atkine
Alexis

Sharon Stone
Girl with Glenn Senior (uncredited)

Robert Hossein
Simon Meyer / Robert Prat

Éva Darlan
Eva

Manuel Gélin
Patrick Prat

Jean-Pierre Kalfon
Père Antoine

Gérard Ismaël

Jacques Villeret
Jacques

Jean-Claude Bouttier
Philippe Rouget