Release Date

27 May, 1981

Runtime

03:04: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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.

Original Title

Les uns et les autres

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Actors

Robert Hossein

Nicole Garcia

Geraldine Chaplin

Daniel Olbrychski

Jorge Donn

Rita Poelvoorde

Macha Méril

Évelyne Bouix

Francis Huster

Raymond Pellegrin

Paul Préboist

Jean-Claude Brialy

Marthe Villalonga

Fanny Ardant

Jean-Claude Bouttier

Richard Bohringer

Nicole Croisille

Ginette Garcin

Jean-Pierre Kalfon

Geneviève Mnich

Alexandra Stewart

Crew

Claude Lelouch

Hugues Darmois

Jean Boffety

Sophie Bhaud

Claude Lelouch

Claude Lelouch

Francis Lai

Michel Legrand