Overview
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.
DirectorClaude Lelouch
ProducersClaude Lelouch
WritersClaude Lelouch
Top Casts

Robert Hossein
Simon Meyer / Robert Prat

Nicole Garcia
Anne Meyer

Geraldine Chaplin
Suzan / Sara Glenn

Daniel Olbrychski
Karl Kremer
Jorge Donn
Boris & Sergei Itovitch / Lead Dancer of Boléro
Rita Poelvoorde
Tatiana & Tania Itovitch

Macha Méril
Magda Kremer

Évelyne Bouix
Evelyne / Edith

Francis Huster
Francis

Raymond Pellegrin
M. Raymond
Details
LanguageEnglish, French, Russian
Production companiesLes Films 13
TaglineThe dance of life!