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Alfred Lutter, Diane Keaton, Edmond Ardisson

Boris, a 19th century Russian falls in love with his distant (and married) cousin Sonja. Pressed into service with the Russian army during the war against Napoleon, Boris accidentally becomes a hero, ...( read more  read more... )then goes on to win a duel against a cuckolded husband. He returns to Sonja, hoping to settle down on the Steppes somewhere, but Sonja has become fired up with patriotic fervor, insisting that Boris join a plot to kill Napoleon. The effort fails, and Boris faces the firing squad. After death, Boris materializes in front of Sonja to bid her goodbye, philosophizes a bit for the benefit of the audience, and dances a mazurka with the Grim Reaper.

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PG, 1 hr. 25 min.

Directed by: Woody Allen

Release Date: June 10, 1975

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DVD Release Date: July 5, 2000

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  • kenstachnik
    April 30, 2009
    kenstachnik
    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.
  • mwilliams078
    January 4, 2009
    mwilliams078
    Love and Death, starring Woody Allen and Diane Keaton is hillarious. What a great take on Russian grand films....soo funny.
  • EarthlyAlien
    January 20, 2008
    EarthlyAlien
    "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. There...( read more)fore, to be unhappy, one must love or love to suffer or suffer from too much happiness. I hope you're getting this down."

    Very likely to be Woody Allen's funniest film. The above quote by Diane Keaton is really just a small sample of the film's endless brilliance when it comes to dialogue. The concepts of love and death, which obviously have always intrigued and fascinated Allen (and anyone who can say they're human, really) are looked at in the most funny and unpretensious way possible. He basically stomps all over Philosophy, Duty, Honor - all the 'games' we play to pretend we're important. A hilariously brilliant film. Or the other way around.
  • DragonEyeMorrison
    October 4, 2007
    DragonEyeMorrison
    Early Allen flicks are still his best. This being the most polished of the bunch.
  • DrStrangeblog
    February 27, 2009
    DrStrangeblog
    "The wheat! Fields full of wheat!"
  • ElCochran90
    September 18, 2009
    ElCochran90
    Woody and Diane back again in an elegant and hilarious human epic.

    84/100
  • melcandy5
    August 6, 2009
    melcandy5
    Typical Woody Allen movie, funny and clever. I can see this movie over and over again and never get tired.
  • electradelioncourt
    July 23, 2009
    electradelioncourt
    Sofismas, jogos de palavras, clichês, literatura russa, nihilismo, Woody Allen.... Excelente!
  • PoofyPuff1000
    July 5, 2009
    PoofyPuff1000
    Definitely one of Woody Allen's finest.
  • exureimundo
    June 18, 2009
    exureimundo
    I thought this was the funniest Woody Allen movie I've seen.

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