
Bolero
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.
Release Date: 1981-05-27
Drama
Music
★★★★★★★★★★ (78 votes)
Casts

Robert Hossein
as Simon Meyer / Robert Prat

Nicole Garcia
as Anne Meyer

Geraldine Chaplin
as Suzan / Sara Glenn

Daniel Olbrychski
as Karl Kremer

Macha Méril
as Magda Kremer

Évelyne Bouix
as Evelyne / Edith

Francis Huster
as Francis

Raymond Pellegrin
as M. Raymond

Paul Préboist
as Le grand-père d'Edith

Jean-Claude Brialy
as Le directeur du Lido