In czarist Russia, a neurotic soldier and his distant cousin formulate a plot to assassinate Napoleon.
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Woody Allen
Boris Grushenko
Diane Keaton
Sonja
Harold Gould
Anton Inbedkov
Olga Georges-Picot
Countess Alexandrovna
Zvee Scooler
Father
Despo Diamantidou
Mother
Sol Frieder
Voskovec
Jessica Harper
Natasha
Lloyd Battista
Don Francisco
Alfred Lutter
Young Boris
Director
Woody Allen
Tagline
"The Comedy Sensation of the Year!"
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$3,000,000
Revenue
$20,173,742
Production
United Artists, Jack Rollins & Charles H. Joffe Productions
CinemaSerf
May 30, 2025
All this really needed was someone like Emil Jannings to add a bit of imperialist, silent-film, gravitas to proceedings as a pair of slightly self-obsessed intellectual ne’er-do-wells get caught up in the Franco-Russian war. Unfortunately for the Czar, with Napoleon clamouring at his borders, he must rely on the likes of the neurotic and yellow-bellied “Boris” (has to be Woody Allen, doesn’t it?) ...
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