In czarist Russia, a neurotic soldier and his distant cousin formulate a plot to assassinate Napoleon.In czarist Russia, a neurotic soldier and his distant cousin formulate a plot to assassinate Napoleon.In czarist Russia, a neurotic soldier and his distant cousin formulate a plot to assassinate Napoleon.
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- 1 win & 1 nomination
Féodor Atkine
- Mikhail
- (as Feodor Atkine)
Yves Barsacq
- Rimsky
- (as Yves Barsaco)
Gérard Buhr
- Servant
- (as Gerard Buhr)
Henri Czarniak
- Ivan
- (as Henry Czarniak)
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- TriviaIn an interview with 'Esquire' magazine, Woody Allen once said of the making of this movie: "When good weather was needed, it rained. When rain was needed, it was sunny. The cameraman was Belgian, his crew French. The underlings were Hungarian, the extras were Russian. I speak only English - and not really that well. Each shot was chaos. By the time my directions were translated, what should have been a battle scene ended up as a dance marathon. In scenes where Keaton and I were supposed to stroll as lovers, Budapest suffered its worst weather in twenty-five years".
- GoofsThe young Boris has blue eyes, but the adult Boris has brown eyes.
- Quotes
Sonja: 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.
- Crazy creditsRussian 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.
- Alternate versionsThe MGM DVD release deletes the pre-title Prokofiev overture.
- ConnectionsFeatured in V.I.P.-Schaukel: Episode #7.3 (1977)
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A great woody flick, one of his better ones
This Woody Allen flick is by far the funniest of his that I have seen thus far, although i don't think its as good as a film as Annie Hall or The Purple Rose of Cairo, both which I consider masterpieces of Woody's, Love and death is still a brilliant film. The story of Boris Grushenko (Allen), a Russian who is caught up in the invasion of the french lead by Napoleon (Tolkan). Meanwhile he also loves Sonja (Keaton), a girl who has confusions of her own. The film is written brilliantly, great dialogues and wit, its truly offbeat humor, the funniest from Woody. Although his direction here is a bit weird, and at times the plot is not believable at all and obviously satirical, the performances and great dialogues make it work. It was a bit redundant and had a bit too much slapstick at times but still enjoyable. Watching this film, truly had me laughing throughout. Woody was perfect in his role, probably my favorite acting from him along with his acting in Annie Hall. Diane Keaton was also great here, not as good as her other work in this decade (GF, GF2 and Annie Hall), however still great here. James Tolkan was also great as Napoleon. 9/10 #91 on list of all time favorite films
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- $3,000,000 (estimated)
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- $20,123,742
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