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Love and Death

Love and Death

1975, Movie, 1h 25min

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

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Féodor Atkine,

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Critic Ian Nathan

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You get Woody fired out of a cannon, and jokes so good you weep to be in possession of such divine wit...

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In 19th-century Russia, a neurotic scholar named Boris Grushenko is forced to enlist in the army during the Napoleonic Wars. Despite his cowardice, Boris inadvertently becomes a war hero and returns home to marry his cousin Sonja, who has her own plans for their future together. However, their life is disrupted when Napoleon invades Russia, and Sonja conceives a plot to assassinate him. Boris reluctantly goes along with the plan, but they ultimately fail and Boris is executed. In the end, Boris' ghost bids farewell to Sonja and the audience before dancing away with Death.

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