Love and Death

Woody Allen invades the spirit of Tolstoy in this hilarious spoof of 18th Century Russia, when Napoleon is preoccupied with perfecting his pastry and before Wellington markets his beef., This Woody Allen film is purportedly a satire of all things Russian — ranging from Leo Tolstoy novels to Sergei Eisenstein films. Allen plays Boris, a young 19th-century Russian who falls in love with his distant (and married) cousin Sonja. Pressed into service with the Russian army, Boris accidentally becomes a hero., Woody Allen comedy about a would-be assassin (Diane Keaton) in 19th-century Russia whose attempts to kill Napoleon are continually thwarted by her bumbling assistant., Woody Allen wrote, directed and stars in this satire on 19th-century Russian novels. Sonja: Diane Keaton. Countess: Olga Georges-Picot. Anton: Harold Gould. Mother: Despo Diamantidou. Priest: Edmond Ardisson. Old Nehamkin: Georges Adel. Mikhail: Feodor Atkine. Lavishly filmed in Hungary and France., Woody Allen wrote, directed and stars in this satire on 19th-century Russian novels. lga Georges-Picot., Classic Woody Allen parody of Tolstoy’s War and Peace charting Allen and his cousin Diane Keaton’s picaresque comic adventures in 19th century Russia as they set out to assassinate Napoleon in Moscow.