Love and Death

Philosophy, war, and potatoes. Just the way we like it.

A young Russian peasant — cowardly and lovestruck — accidentally becomes a war hero and is swept up in a whirlwind of absurd events: duels, conspiracies, and debates about the immortality of the soul. Woody Allen stages a parody in the style of Dostoevsky and Tolstoy, hilariously — and, as it should be, deadpan and shameless — quoting War and Peace, Bergman films, and other “serious” works.

 Prize of the International Film Critics’ Association in Berlin.