

27/05/1981
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.

Robert Hossein
as Simon Meyer / Robert Prat

Nicole Garcia
as Anne Meyer

Geraldine Chaplin
as Suzan / Sara Glenn

Daniel Olbrychski
as Karl Kremer

Jorge Donn
as Boris & Sergei Itovitch / Lead Dancer of Boléro

Rita Poelvoorde
as Tatiana & Tania Itovitch

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

Marthe Villalonga
as La grand-mère d'Edith

Fanny Ardant
as Véronique

Jean-Claude Bouttier
as Philippe Rouget

Richard Bohringer
as Richard

Nicole Croisille
as Nicole Croisille

Ginette Garcin
as Ginette

Jean-Pierre Kalfon
as Père Antoine

Geneviève Mnich
as Jeanne

Alexandra Stewart
as Alexandra

Éva Darlan
as Eva

Manuel Gélin
as Patrick Prat

Candice Patou
as Candice

Maïa Simon
as Me Isabelle Prat

James Caan
as Jack Glenn / Jason Glenn

Sarah Abrell
as

Féodor Atkine
as Alexis

Mireille Audibert
as

Jean-Claude Bourbault
as Le garde-barrière

Christophe Bourseiller
as

Jean-Pierre Castaldi
as

Anne Caudry
as La fille d'Eva

Louise Chevalier
as La bonne du Père Antoine

Véronique Coquet
as

Thérèse Crémieux
as

Katalin Csarny
as

Dan Daes
as

Nicole Daresco
as Gina

Andrée Delair
as

Linda Dingwall
as

Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu
as Le représentant Croix Rouge (UNICEF)

Maxime Dufeu
as Le voisin

Andy Fenwick
as Glenn as a boy

Farmer Fuller
as

Ernie Garrett
as Bobby

Charles Gérard
as Charlot

Evelyne Hue
as

Gérard Ismaël
as

Philippe Jacques
as

Lyle Joyce
as Mr. Tracy

Jacques Villeret
as Jacques

Valérie Quennessen
as Francis's girlfriend

Sharon Stone
as Girl with Glenn Senior (uncredited)
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