Bolero: Dance of Life

Bolero: 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 for Bolero: Dance of Life...

Robert Hossein
Simon Meyer / Robert Prat
Nicole Garcia
Anne Meyer
Geraldine Chaplin
Suzan / Sara Glenn
Jorge Donn
Boris & Sergei Itovitch / Lead Dancer of Boléro
Rita Poelvoorde
Tatiana & Tania Itovitch
Macha Méril
Magda Kremer
Évelyne Bouix
Evelyne / Edith
Paul Préboist
Le grand-père d'Edith
Jean-Claude Brialy
Le directeur du Lido
Marthe Villalonga
La grand-mère d'Edith
Fanny Ardant
Véronique
Jean-Claude Bouttier
Philippe Rouget
Nicole Croisille
Nicole Croisille
Jean-Pierre Kalfon
Père Antoine
Manuel Gélin
Patrick Prat
Maïa Simon
Me Isabelle Prat
James Caan
Jack Glenn / Jason Glenn
Jean-Claude Bourbault
Le garde-barrière
Anne Caudry
La fille d'Eva
Louise Chevalier
La bonne du Père Antoine
Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu
Le représentant Croix Rouge (UNICEF)
Maxime Dufeu
Le voisin
Andy Fenwick
Glenn as a boy
Lyle Joyce
Mr. Tracy
Sharon Stone
Girl with Glenn Senior (uncredited)
Valérie Quennessen
Francis's girlfriend