Love and Death

Love and Death (1975)

  • 100% of critics liked it
    (16 reviews)

  • 88% of users liked it
    (17,321 ratings)

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… More

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PG, 1 hr. 25 min.
Directed By
Woody Allen
Written By
Woody Allen
Genres
Drama, Classics, Comedy
In Theaters
Jun 10, 1975 Limited
On DVD
Jul 5, 2000
United Artists

Critic Reviews

  • Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

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

  • Fernando F. Croce, CinePassion

    Woody Allen meets Dostoyevsky, and the two compare misanthropic views

  • Rich Cline, Shadows on the Wall

    silly and likable

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    Sometimes funny spoof of War and Peace.

  • Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice

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

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • moon r


    In this early Allen effort his love for the Marx Bros. (particularly Groucho) is worn on his sleeve and the picture is very reminiscent of Mel Brooks' own Twelve Chairs. Throw in a couple of 70's style psuedo-intellectual "conversations" ("I'm… More

  • Michael G


    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… More

  • Ken S


    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.

  • Mason W


    Love and Death, starring Woody Allen and Diane Keaton is hillarious. What a great take on Russian grand films....soo funny.

  • Alice S


    Terrible. Just terrible. Pedantic philosophy and overbearing slapstick. I love Woody but he is too self-indulgent in this.

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