Love and Death

Jun 10, 1975

1h 25m

★ 7.5

The Comedy Sensation of the Year!

Overview

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

Genres

Comedy

History

Production Companies

United Artists

Jack Rollins & Charles H. Joffe Productions

Love and Death Trailers

Cast

Boris Grushenko

Woody Allen

Sonja

Diane Keaton

Anton Inbedkov

Harold Gould

Countess Alexandrovna

Olga Georges-Picot

Father

Zvee Scooler

Mother

Despo Diamantidou

Voskovec

Sol Frieder

Natasha

Jessica Harper

Don Francisco

Lloyd Battista

Young Boris

Alfred Lutter

Old Nehamkin

Georges Adet

Drill Sergeant

Frank Adu

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