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Woody Allen (written by)
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Release Date:
10 June 1975 (USA) more
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The Comedy Sensation of the Year!
Plot:
In czarist Russia, a neurotic soldier and his distant cousin formulate a plot to assassinate Napoleon. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
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One of Woody's (or anybody's) funniest. more (79 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Woody Allen ... Boris Grushenko

Diane Keaton ... Sonja
Georges Adet ... Old Nehamkin
Frank Adu ... Drill sergeant
Edmond Ardisson ... Priest (as Edward Ardisson)

Féodor Atkine ... Mikhail Grushenko (as Feodor Atkine)
Albert Augier ... Waiter
Yves Barsacq ... Rimsky (as Yves Barsaco)
Lloyd Battista ... Don Francisco
Jack Berard ... Gen. Lecoq
Eva Betrand ... Woman hygiene class
George Birt ... Doctor
Yves Brainville ... Andre

Gérard Buhr ... Servant (as Gerard Buhr)
Brian Coburn ... Dimitri
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Guerre et amour (France)
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85 min
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1.33 : 1 more
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When Woody Allen leaves for the army, he is shown carrying preserved butterflies and a butterfly net as homage to Russian-born author Vladimir Nabokov. more
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Factual errors: The credits state that the music is all by Prokofiev. However, you can distinctly hear Boccherini at one point. Also, the sonata for violin and piano that Sonja plays with her extra-marital lover is Beethoven's Spring sonata, Op. 24. When Boris is at the opera, it is the Magic Flute, which was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. more
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Boris: Isn't all mankind ultimately executed for a crime it never committed? The difference is that all men go eventually, but I go six o'clock tomorrow morning. I was supposed to go at five o'clock, but I have a smart lawyer. Got leniency. more
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17 out of 19 people found the following review useful.
One of Woody's (or anybody's) funniest., 20 May 1999
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Author: Hermit C-2 from Marietta, GA, USA

Which movie of Woody's was it in which he talked to aliens who expressed a liking for his "early, funny" movies? In any case this is perhaps his funniest. His lampooning of the great Russian dramas are hilarious to those who have even a passing familiarity with them, and even if you don't, the jokes come so fast and furious that it literally is a laugh a minute--at least! Woody and Diane Keaton were a great comedy team. They were really at the top of their game when they made this one. I'll resist the urge to repeat laugh lines here and just recommend that fans of good comedy see it.

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