Stars: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Harold Gould, Alfred Lutter, Tony Jay, Feodor Atkine, Tony Jay, George Birt

Director: Woody Allen

Summary: The experiences of Boris, a timid Russian soldier in the Napoleonic Wars, provide the viewer with top-notch intellectual comedy. Boris expounds on the meaning of life and existential philosophy while being involved in a plot to assassinate Napoleon.

LOVE AND DEATH is Woody Allen's send-up of Russian literature and tongue-in-cheek homage to foreign art films (specifically, THE SEVENTH SEAL). Set in Czarist Russia during the Napoleonic Wars, the story recounts the misadventures of Boris (Allen) and his sexy cousin Sonja (Diane Keaton), culminating in their harebrained attempt to assassinate Napoleon. Through it all, Boris--Allen's usual neurotic nebbish--desperately tries to put the moves on Sonja, who's too busy spouting philosophy to notice.

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Writer-director Woody Allen's 1975 comedy finds the familiar Allen persona transposed to 19th-century Russia, as a cowardly serf drafted into the war against Napoleon, when all he'd rather do is write poetry and obsess over his beautiful but pretentious cousin (Diane Keaton). A total disaster as a soldier, Allen's cowardice serves him well when he hides in a cannon and is shot into a tent of French soldiers, suddenly making him a national hero. After his cousin agrees to marry him, thinking he'll be killed in a duel he miraculously survives, the couple must hatch a ludicrous plot to assassinate Napoleon in order to keep the coward Allen out of yet another war. Allen and Keaton show what a perfect comic team they make in this film, even predating their most celebrated pairing in Annie Hall. Working so well as the most unlikely of comedies, of all things a hilarious parody of Russian literature, Love and Deathis a must-see for fans of Woody Allen films. --Robert Lane

Aspect Ratio:	1.85 Wide Screen, 16:9 Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Original Theatrical Trailer, Interactive Menu, Chapter Selection
Subtitles:	Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish
Year:	1975
Release Date:	February 19, 2001
Runtime:	81 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	17342 D V D
Keywords:	Love, Death, Comedy, General, Wide, Screen
Genre:	Comedy