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.
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Titles
| Alternate title | Boléro : Claude Lelouch's Dance with Life | |
| Alternate title | The Ins and the Outs | |
| Alternate title | Bolero | |
| Alternate title | Winthin Memory |
Soundtracks
| Vinyl LP | Bolero (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Francis Lai, Michel Legrand (1981) | 7 releases, 1981-1984: Cinevox Record, Culture, Polydor, RCA |
| Vinyl LP | Extrait De La Bande Originale Du Film Les Uns Et Les Autres : Le Boléro de Ravel, Version Intégrale Avec Choeurs (1981) | 4 releases, 1981-1982: Pro-Culture, RCA, RCA Victor |
| Vinyl LP | Les Uns Et Les Autres (Bande Originale Du Film) - Francis Lai, Michel Legrand, Christian Gaubert (1981) | 25 releases, 1981-1987: Able, Editions 23, EMI, Pro-Culture (+5 more) |
| 7" vinyl | Les Uns Et Les Autres (Bande Originale Du Film De Claude Lelouch) (1981) | 1 release, 1981: RCA Victor |
| CD | Bolero (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Francis Lai, Michel Legrand (1981) | 2 releases, 1987-1991: Cinevox Record |
| CD | Les Uns Et Les Autres (Bande Originale Du Film) - Francis Lai, Michel Legrand, Christian Gaubert (1981) | 6 releases, 1983-2022: Editions 23, Play Time, RCA |
| Cassette | Bolero (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Francis Lai, Michel Legrand (1981) | 4 releases, 1981-1982: Boa, Cinevox Record, Polydor |
| Cassette | Extrait De La Bande Originale Du Film Les Uns Et Les Autres : Le Boléro de Ravel, Version Intégrale Avec Choeurs (1981) | 1 release: Pro-Culture |
| Cassette | Les Uns Et Les Autres (Bande Originale Du Film) - Francis Lai, Michel Legrand, Christian Gaubert (1981) | 9 releases, 1981-1987: Editions 23, Pro-Culture, RCA, RCA Victor (+1 more) |
Full credits
| Director | Claude Lelouch |
| Cast | James Caan, Geraldine Chaplin, Nicole Croisille, Jorge Donn, Nicole Garcia, Robert Hossein, Francis Huster, Alexandra Stewart, Jacques Villeret |
| Cinematography | Jean Boffety |
| Editing | Sophie Bhaud, Hugues Darmois |
| Music | Johannes Brahms, Frédéric Chopin, Francis Lai, Michel Legrand, Franz Liszt, Maurice Ravel, Ludwig Van Beethoven |
| Production design | Jean-Louis Poveda |
| Sound | Harald Maury |
Source: Cinémathèque québécoise, linked catalogue data (CC BY 4.0)
