Love and Death

"The Comedy Sensation of the Year!"

Jul 18 1975 PG 1h 25m
Comedy, War

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

Plot

In Russia, Boris Grushenko is in love with his pseudo-intellectual cousin Sonja, who loves him since he too is a pseudo-intellectual, but she is not in love with him. Instead she is in love with his brother Ivan. But as Ivan doesn't seem to return her affections, she is determined to marry someone - anyone - except Boris. If that person isn't the perfect husband, then she has to find a suitable lover in addition. Boris' pursuit of Sonja has to take a back seat in his life when he, a pacifist and coward, is forced to join the Russian Army to battle Napoleon's forces which have just invaded Austria. Despite Sonja not being in the picture while he's away at war, Boris' thoughts do not stray totally from women. Although they take these two divergent paths in their lives, those paths cross once again as they, together, both try to find the perfect spouse and lover, and try to assassinate Napoleon.

Written by

Woody Allen

Directed by

Woody Allen

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

United Artists

Languages

Italiano, English

Awards

1 win & 1 nomination

Scores
# of Votes
42,099
Average Rating
7.6 out of 10
Metascore
89
Popularity
NA