Love and Death
Love and Death is a 1975 American comedy film written and directed by Woody Allen. It is a satire on the Golden Age of Russian literature starring Allen and Diane Keaton as Boris and Sonja, Russians living during the Napoleonic Era who engage in mock-serious philosophical debates. Allen considered it the funniest film he had made up until that point.
Plot
About to be executed for a crime he never committed, Boris Grushenko recalls how he got into his present predicament. Initially scheduled to die at 5:00 am, Boris receives leniency—a delay in execution until 6:00 am.
Cast
- Alan Rossett
- Alan Tilvern
- Albert Augier
- Andrée Tainsy
- Anne Lonnberg
- Chris Sanders
- Clément Thierry
- Denise Péron
- Despo Diamantidou
- Diane Keaton
- Edmond Ardisson
- Féodor Atkine
- Georges Adet
- Gérard Buhr
- Harold Gould
- Hélène Vallier
- Henri Coutet
- Henri Czarniak
- Howard Vernon
- Jacques Maury
- James Tolkan
- Jessica Harper
- Leib Lensky
- Lloyd Battista
- Luc Florian
- Luce Fabiole
- Olga Georges-Picot
- Rebecca Potok
- Roger Lumont
- Tony Jay
- Tutte Lemkow
- Woody Allen
- Yves Barsacq
- Yves Brainville
- Zvee Scooler
More details
| author | Woody Allen |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Russian Empire |
| director | Woody Allen |
| editor | Ralph Rosenblum Ron Kalish |
| events | Napoleonic Wars |
| genre | comedy historical philosophical satire |
| keywords | arrest brand cavalry officer clean conscientious objector don doublespeak ethic french occupation of moscow french troops occupy moscow front line furlough heart attack herring invades austria joseph bonaparte kill knock out military training napoleon pacifist personifications of death russian army saint petersburg suffer think train venereal diseases war hero war of the fifth coalition widow |
| musicBy | Sergei Prokofiev |
| producer | Charles H. Joffe |
| productionCompany | Jack Rollins–Charles H. Joffe Productions |
| publisher | United Artists |
| recordedAt | Budapest Paris |
| theme | dance death parody war |