The read
Audiences rate it 13 points higher than critics do. It runs long at 3h 4m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
Audiences rate it 13 points higher than critics do.
88 audience votes
Key crew
- Claude LelouchDirector
- Claude LelouchWriter
- Francis LaiOriginal Music Composer
- Michel LegrandOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Robert HosseinSimon Meyer / Robert Prat
- Nicole GarciaAnne Meyer
- Geraldine ChaplinSuzan / Sara Glenn
- Daniel OlbrychskiKarl Kremer
- Jorge DonnBoris & Sergei Itovitch / Lead Dancer of Boléro
- Rita PoelvoordeTatiana & Tania Itovitch
- Macha MérilMagda Kremer
- Évelyne BouixEvelyne / Edith
- Francis HusterFrancis
- Raymond PellegrinM. Raymond
- Paul PréboistLe grand-père d'Edith
- Jean-Claude BrialyLe directeur du Lido