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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.

The film is a musical epic and it is widely considered as the director's best work with Un Homme et une Femme.

Genres: Drama

Starring: Robert Hossein, Nicole Garcia, Geraldine Chaplin

Released: May 27, 1981

Runtime: 184.0

Popularity Rating: 1.456

Les Films 13

France

Simon Meyer / Robert Prat Robert Hossein
Anne Meyer Nicole Garcia
Suzan / Sara Glenn Geraldine Chaplin
Karl Kremer Daniel Olbrychski
Boris & Sergei Itovitch / Lead Dancer of Bolero Jorge Donn
Tatiana & Tania Itovitch Rita Poelvoorde
Magda Kremer Macha Meril
Evelyne / Edith Evelyne Bouix
Francis Francis Huster
M. Raymond Raymond Pellegrin
Le grand-pere d'Edith Paul Preboist
Le directeur du Lido Jean-Claude Brialy
La grand-mere d'Edith Marthe Villalonga
Veronique Fanny Ardant
Philippe Rouget Jean-Claude Bouttier
Richard Richard Bohringer
Nicole Croisille Nicole Croisille
Ginette Ginette Garcin
Pere Antoine Jean-Pierre Kalfon
Jeanne Genevieve Mnich
Alexandra Alexandra Stewart
Eva Eva Darlan
Patrick Prat Manuel Gelin
Candice Candice Patou
Me Isabelle Prat Maia Simon
Jack Glenn / Jason Glenn James Caan
Sarah Abrell
Alexis Feodor Atkine
Mireille Audibert
Le garde-barriere Jean-Claude Bourbault
Christophe Bourseiller
Jean-Pierre Castaldi
La fille d'Eva Anne Caudry
La bonne du Pere Antoine Louise Chevalier
Veronique Coquet
Therese Cremieux
Katalin Csarny
Dan Daes
Gina Nicole Daresco
Andree Delair
Linda Dingwall
Le representant Croix Rouge (UNICEF) Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu
Le voisin Maxime Dufeu
Glenn as a boy Andy Fenwick
Farmer Fuller
Bobby Ernie Garrett
Charlot Charles Gerard
Evelyne Hue
Gerard Ismael
Philippe Jacques
Mr. Tracy Lyle Joyce
Jacques Jacques Villeret
Girl with Glenn Senior (uncredited) Sharon Stone

Camera — Director of Photography: Jean Boffety
Directing — Director: Claude Lelouch
Editing — Editor: Hugues Darmois
Editing — Editor: Sophie Bhaud
Production — Producer: Claude Lelouch
Sound — Music: Francis Lai
Sound — Music: Michel Legrand
Writing — Writer: Claude Lelouch