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Overview

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Director:
Woody Allen
Writer:
Woody Allen (written by)
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Release Date:
10 June 1975 (USA) more
Genre:
Adventure | Comedy | War more
Tagline:
The Comedy Sensation of the Year!
Plot:
In czarist Russia, a neurotic soldier and his distant cousin formulate a plot to assassinate Napoleon. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
Underrated Woody Gem more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Woody Allen ... Boris Grushenko

Diane Keaton ... Sonja
Georges Adet ... Old Nehamkin
Frank Adu ... Drill sergeant
Edmond Ardisson ... Priest (as Edward Ardisson)

Féodor Atkine ... Mikhail Grushenko (as Feodor Atkine)
Albert Augier ... Waiter
Yves Barsacq ... Rimsky (as Yves Barsaco)
Lloyd Battista ... Don Francisco
Jack Berard ... Gen. Lecoq
Eva Betrand ... Woman hygiene class
George Birt ... Doctor
Yves Brainville ... Andre

Gérard Buhr ... Servant (as Gerard Buhr)
Brian Coburn ... Dimitri
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Guerre et amour (France)
Die letzte Nacht des Boris Gruschenko (Austria) (West Germany) [de]
La última noche de Boris Grushenko (Argentina) (Spain) [es]
A Última Noite de Bóris Grushenko (Brazil) [pt]
Ahava Oo'Mavet (Israel: Hebrew title) [iw]
Amor y muerte: La última noche de Boris Grushenko (Mexico) [es]
Amore e guerra (Italy) [it]
Död och pina (Sweden) [sv]
Kærlighed og død (Denmark) [da]
L'última nit de Boris Grushenko (Spain: Catalan title) [ca]
Milosc i smierc (Poland) [pl]
O eirinopoios (Greece) [el]
Sota ja rakkaus eli älkää ampuko Napoleonia (Finland) [fi]
Szerelem és halál (Hungary) [hu]
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Runtime:
85 min
Country:
France | USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Filming Locations:
Budapest, Hungary more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Filmed mainly in Hungary, with some scenes done in Paris. It wouldn't be until 1996 and Everyone Says I Love You (1996) that Woody Allen would make another film outside of the New York area. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: The credits state that the music is all by Prokofiev. However, you can distinctly hear Boccherini at one point. Also, the sonata for violin and piano that Sonja plays with her extra-marital lover is Beethoven's Spring sonata, Op. 24. When Boris is at the opera, it is the Magic Flute, which was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. more
Quotes:
Napoleon: I wonder if you would be more difficult to conquer than Russia?
Sonja: Well, I weigh less.
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Movie Connections:
References A Night at the Opera (1935) more
Soundtrack:
The Magic Flute Overture more

FAQ

What is the music that plays in the opening and closing credits? Where else might I have heard it?
Who plays Boris as a youngster?
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27 out of 29 people found the following comment useful:-
Underrated Woody Gem, 5 May 2004
9/10
Author: dweis007 from new york

As a huge Woody Allen fan, I was delighted and surprised by this film. I have scarcely heard anyone mention it, but for my money it is the single most comically dense of all of Woody's films. There are so many truly impressive/hilarious/memorable one-liners that I'm amazed people don't quote this movie left and right. The setting, costumes, accents all add to the hilarity of the film--truly reminiscent of a Marx Brothers romp. Really outstanding among his pre-Annie Hall films. Only rivaled by Bananas in my opinion for simple laugh value.

Unlike any other of his films, this deals with his "deep" questions of death/metaphysics in an unflaggingly light and comical fashion. For instance:

Sonja: But judgment of any system or a priori relation of phenomena exists in any rational or metaphysical or at least epistemological contradiction to an abstracted empirical concept such as being or to be or to occur in the thing itself or of the thing itself.

Boris: Yeah, I've said that many times.

Not Woody's "best" film (see Annie Hall, Manhattan, Crimes and Misdemeanors), but perhaps his most laugh-filled. Satisfying throughout. I give it a 9/10.

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