Bolero: Dance of Life (1981)
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.
Cast
Simon Meyer / Robert Prat
Anne Meyer
Le grand-père d'Edith
Le directeur du Lido
La grand-mère d'Edith
Véronique
Philippe Rouget
Richard
Nicole Croisille
Ginette
Père Antoine
Jeanne
Suzan / Sara Glenn
Alexandra
Eva
Patrick Prat
Candice
Me Isabelle Prat
Jack Glenn / Jason Glenn
Alexis
Le garde-barrière
Karl Kremer
La fille d'Eva
La bonne du Père Antoine
Gina
Boris & Sergei Itovitch / Lead Dancer of Boléro
Le représentant Croix Rouge (UNICEF)
Le voisin
Glenn as a boy
Bobby
Charlot
Tatiana & Tania Itovitch
Mr. Tracy
Jacques
Girl with Glenn Senior (uncredited)
Francis's girlfriend
Magda Kremer
Evelyne / Edith
Francis
M. Raymond
Crew
Director
Writer
Producer
Music
Music
Director of Photography
Editor
Editor