
"The 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.
Simon Meyer / Robert Prat

Anne Meyer

Suzan / Sara Glenn

Karl Kremer

Boris & Sergei Itovitch / Lead Dancer of Boléro
Tatiana & Tania Itovitch
Magda Kremer

Evelyne / Edith

Francis

M. Raymond

Le grand-père d'Edith

Le directeur du Lido

La grand-mère d'Edith

Véronique

Philippe Rouget

Richard

Nicole Croisille

Ginette

Père Antoine

Jeanne

Alexandra

Eva

Patrick Prat

Candice

Me Isabelle Prat

Jack Glenn / Jason Glenn

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Alexis

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Le garde-barrière

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La fille d'Eva

La bonne du Père Antoine

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Gina
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Le représentant Croix Rouge (UNICEF)

Le voisin
Glenn as a boy
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Bobby
Charlot

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Mr. Tracy
Jacques

Francis's girlfriend

Girl with Glenn Senior (uncredited)
