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Love and Death (1975)

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In czarist Russia, a neurotic soldier and his distant cousin formulate a plot to assassinate Napoleon.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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Georges Adet ...
Old Nehamkin
Frank Adu ...
Drill Sergeant
Edmond Ardisson ...
Priest
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Mikhail (as Feodor Atkine)
Albert Augier ...
Waiter
Yves Barsacq ...
Rimsky (as Yves Barsaco)
Lloyd Battista ...
Don Francisco
Jack Berard ...
General Lecoq
Eva Betrand ...
Woman Hygiene Class
George Birt ...
Doctor
Yves Brainville ...
Andre
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Servant (as Gerard Buhr)
Brian Coburn ...
Dimitri
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Storyline

A Russian is caught up in the Napoleonic invasion of his country. Much of the humor comes from the philosophic conversations that people break into in the midst of crisis situations. Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>

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10 September 1975 (France)  »

Also Known As:

La última noche de Boris Grushenko  »

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$3,000,000 (estimated)
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Trivia

The wheat scene with towards the end of the film is a direct visual parody of Ingmar Bergman's classic Persona. The juxtaposition of faces is an homage to Bergman's trademark shots. See more »

Goofs

When Sonja accompanies Beethoven's "Spring" violin sonata, the music on the piano is visibly an orchestral score, whereas the piece they are playing is a duo. Besides, the "violinist" never moves his left hand's fingers. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Boris: How I got into this predicament I'll never know. Absolutely incredible. To be executed for a crime I never committed. Of course, isn't all mankind in the same boat? 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.
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Crazy Credits

Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev is listed in the credits as "S. Prokofiev," just the way he would have been listed in the credits of a Russian film. See more »

Connections

Featured in Woody Allen: A Life in Film (2002) See more »

Soundtracks

"Alexander Nevsky, Cantata for Mezzo-soprano, Chorus, & Orchestra, Op. 78"
(1938) (uncredited)
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Written by Sergei Prokofiev
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One of Woody's (or anybody's) funniest.
20 May 1999 | by (Marietta, GA, USA) – See all my reviews

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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