Les Uns et les Autres
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The 1981 musical epic Les Uns et les Autres is widely considered as Claude Lelouch's masterpiece.
The film follows four families (French, German, Russian and American) 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. Many characters in the film are loosely based on historical musical icons (Josephine Baker, Herbert von Karajan, Glen Miller, Édith Piaf, Rudolf Nureyev, etc.) The Bolero dance sequence at the end brings all the threads together.
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Cast
- Robert Hossein : Simon Meyer / Robert Prat
- Nicole Garcia : Anne Meyer
- Geraldine Chaplin : Suzanne Glenn / Sarah Glenn
- James Caan : Jack Glenn / Jason Glenn
- Daniel Olbrychski : Karl Kremer
- Jean-Claude Bouttier : Philippe Rouget
- Jorge Donn : Boris Itovitch / Sergei Itovitch
- Rita Poelvoorde : Tatiana Itovitch / Nadia Itovitch
- Macha Méril : Magda Kremer
- Evelyne Bouix : Evelyne / Edith
- Francis Huster : Francis
- Raymond Pellegrin : M. Raymond
- Paul Préboist : Edith's grandfather
- Jean-Claude Brialy : Lido's director
- Marthe Villalonga : Edith's grandmother
- Fanny Ardant : Véronique
- Jacques Villeret : Jacques
- Alexandra Stewart
- Richard Bohringer : Richard
- Nicole Croisille : Herself
- Ginette Garcin : Ginette
- Jean-Pierre Kalfon : Antoine's father
- Geneviève Mnich : Jeanne, Jacques' mother
- Francis Lai
- Barry Primus
- Brigitte Roüan (only in director's cut)
- Sharon Stone
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