Love and Death - actors, characters and roles
All actors and their roles in the film "Love and Death"
Love and Death (1975)
Timing:
1:25 (85 min)
7.535/10
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Actors and characters
Sol Frieder
Character Voskovec
Lloyd Battista
Character Don Francisco
Georges Adet
Character Old Nehamkin
Frank Adu
Character Drill Sergeant
Albert Augier
Character Waiter
Jack Bérard
Character General Lecoq
Eva Betrand
Character Woman Hygiene Class
George Birt
Character Doctor
Yves Brainville
Character Andre
Gérard Buhr
Character Servant
Henri Coutet
Character Minskov
Patricia Crown
Character Cheerleader
Luce Fabiole
Character Grandmother
Florian
Character Uncle Nikolai
Jacqueline Fogt
Character Ludmilla
Harry Hankin
Character Uncle Sasha
Jack Lenoir
Character Krapotkin
Leib Lensky
Character Father Andre
Anne Lonnberg
Character Olga
Roger Lumont
Character 1st Baker
Edward Marcus
Character Raskov
Jacques Maury
Character Second
Narcissa McKinley
Character Cheerleader
Denise Péron
Character Spanish Countess
Beth Porter
Character Anna
Alan Rossett
Character Guard
Shimen Ruskin
Character Borslov
Percival Russel
Character Berdykov
C.A.R. Smith
Character Father Nikolai
Fred Smith
Character Soldier
Clément Thierry
Character Jacques
Hélène Vallier
Character Madame Wolfe
Glenn Williams
Character Soldier 1
Jacob Witkin
Character Sushkin
Bernard Taylor
Character Soldier
Rebecca Potok
Character Woman (uncredited)
Norman Rose
Character Death (voice) (uncredited)
What's left behind the scenes
- Initially, music by Igor Stravinsky was chosen as the soundtrack, but Woody Allen felt that this would make the film less funny, and that the lighthearted music of Sergei Prokofiev would be a much better fit.
- When Woody Allen's character goes to the army, he carries dried butterflies and a net for catching them. This is a tribute to the Russian author Vladimir Nabokov.
- Filming took place mainly in Hungary and Paris. Before the film "Everyone Says I Love You," this was the only film Woody Allen shot outside of New York.
- The philosophical "chatter" between the characters (for example, about how "subjectivity is objective") is actually taken from the works of Russian philosophers G.I. Gurdjieff and P.D. Ouspensky, as is the film’s title, "Love and Death."
- When Boris writes poetry, he recites: "I should have been a pair of clumsy pincers, scraping at the bottom of a silent sea." He then crumples the sheet with the written lines and throws it into the fire, calling them "too sentimental." These lines are taken from T.S. Eliot's book "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock."
- Woody Allen was so concerned about the quality of food in Budapest that he ate only canned goods and drank water from his own supplies brought from America. As a result, Allen was one of the few members of the film crew who did not suffer from dysentery during filming.
- At the beginning of the film, Boris notes that old Gregor is younger than young Gregor. And at the end of the film, he refers to them as old Nekhamkin and young Nekhamkin.
- The shots of lion statues during Boris and the Countess's love scene, as well as the scene where a soldier is shot in the eye through his glasses, are a parody of the film "Battleship Potemkin" (1925).
- Young Boris has blue eyes, while the adult Boris has brown eyes.
- The credits state that all the music in the film is by Sergei Prokofiev. However, Luigi Boccherini can be heard in one scene. Furthermore, the violin and piano sonata played by Sonya with her lover is Beethoven – Sonata “Spring”, Op. 24. And when Boris is at the opera, Mozart's "The Magic Flute" is playing.
- In the scene where Sonya accompanies the violinist (Beethoven's "Spring" Sonata is playing), it is noticeable that she is playing from an orchestral score, while the piece they are performing is written for a duet. Furthermore, the violinist does not move the fingers of his left hand at all.
- During the duel scene, it can be observed that foam was used instead of snow.
- In the scene where Boris and Sonya discuss the permissibility of violence for the greater good, a painting by Ilya Repin, "Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks to Sultan Mehmed IV of the Ottoman Empire" (1891), can be seen. However, the film's action takes place long before the painting was created.
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