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Love and Death (1975)

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Woody Allen's Love and Death is purportedly a satire of all things Russian, from Leo Tolstoy and Fyodor Dostoyevsky novels to Sergei Eisenstein films, but it plays more like a spin on Bob Hope's Monsieur Beaucaire. Allen plays Boris, a 19th century Russian who falls in love with his distant (and married) cousin Sonja (Diane Keaton). Pressed into service with the Russian army during the war against Napoleon, Boris accidentally becomes a hero, then goes on to win a duel against a cuckolded husband

PG, 1 hr. 25 min.

Drama, Classics, Comedy

Directed By: Woody Allen

Written By: Woody Allen

In Theaters: Jun 10, 1975 Limited

On DVD: Jul 5, 2000

United Artists

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Cast

Woody Allen
Boris
Diane Keaton
Sonia
Harold Gould
Anton Ivanovitch
Sol Frieder
Leonid Voskovec
Olga Georges-Picot
Countess Alexandrovna
Henri Czarniak
Ivan Grushenko
Despo Diamantidou
Mother
Feodor Atkine
Mikhail
Alfred Lutter
Young Boris
Jessica Harper
Natasha
James Tolkan
Napoleon
Georges Adet
Old Nehamken
Frank Adu
Drill Sergeant
Edmond Ardisson
Priest
Albert Augier
Waiter
Yves Barsacq
Rimsky
Lloyd Battista
Don Francisco
Yves Brainville
Andre
Gerard Buhr
Servant
Brian Coburn
Dmitri
Patricia Crown
Cheerleader
Sandor El�s
Soldier #2
Luce Fabiole
Grandmother
Florian
Uncle Nicolai
Jacqueline Fogt
Ludmilla
Larry Hankin
Uncle Sasha
Tony Jay
Vladimir Maximovitch
Jack Lenoir
Krapotkin
Leib Lensky
Father Andre
Jacques Maury
Second
Aubrey Morris
Soldier #4
Denise P�ron
Spanish Countess
Beth Porter
Anna
Shimen Ruskin
Borslov
Zvee Scooler
Father
C.A.R. Smith
Father Nikolai
Alan Tilvern
Sergeant
Howard Vernon
Gen. Leveque
Tutte Lemkow
Pierre
Fred Smith
Soldier
Roger Lumont
Baker
Glenn Williams
Soldier
Chris Sanders
Joseph
Jack Berard
Gen. Lecoq
Ed Marcus
Raskov
H�l�ne Vallier
Mme. Wolfe

Critic Reviews for Love and Death

All Critics (19) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (16) | Rotten (0) | DVD (5)

Thus early Woody Allen film is quite a funny, often even poignant satire of Russian literature and Russian mores.

April 26, 2011 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

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Emanuel Levy

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Woody Allen meets Dostoyevsky, and the two compare misanthropic views

February 14, 2010 Full Review Source: CinePassion

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Fernando F. Croce

CinePassion

silly and likable

April 18, 2005 Comment

Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

Sometimes funny spoof of War and Peace.

March 25, 2005 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Stomps all over the games we play to pretend we're important

January 18, 2004 Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice

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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

Spirituality and Practice

The beginning of Allen's great period and probably his funniest film

August 22, 2002 Comment

Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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Love and Death is pretty much your standard Woody Allen fare from the 70s. It borrows heavily from Ingmar Bergman and the Marx Brothers and at times is downright hysterical but once its over I'm not going to really give it a second thought. I would've given this a 3 1/2 star rating if it wasn't for that last act, but

November 5, 2006

Michael Gildea

Super Reviewer

Possibly my new favorite Allen film. Filled with his signature blend of philoso-comedy, Allen pays tribute to Bergman and Dostoevsky in only the way he can. Full of amazing screwball dialog to boot.

May 6, 2007

Ken Stachnik

Super Reviewer

Love and Death Quotes

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1. Napoleon: How much of your feelings for me are because I rule half of Europe?
2. Sonia: Oh, I'd say half my feelings. It evens out.
– Submitted by Nancy B (7 months ago)
1. Sonia: I guess you could say I'm half saint, half whore.
– Submitted by Nancy B (7 months ago)
1. Boris: Nothingness. Non-existence. Black emptiness.
2. Sonia: What did you say?
3. Boris: Oh, I was just planning my future.
– Submitted by Nancy B (7 months ago)
1. Sonia: He kissed me.
2. Boris: Any place I should know about?
3. Sonia: He warmed the cockles of my heart.
4. Boris: That's just great. Nothing like hot cockles.
– Submitted by Nancy B (7 months ago)
1. Sonia: To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering one must not love. But then one suffers from not loving. Therefore, to love is to suffer; not to love is to suffer; to suffer is to suffer. To be happy is to love. To be happy, then, is to suffer, but suffering makes one unhappy. Therefore, to be unhappy, one must love or love to suffer or suffer from too much happiness. I hope you're getting this down.
– Submitted by Nancy B (7 months ago)

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