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Autumn Marathon 1979 Directed by Georgiy Daneliya Осенний марафон

Andrey Pavlovich Buzykin, who makes a living by teaching at an institute and translating English literature, is cheating on his wife. Buzykin's main problem is that he's a kind man with a weak character. The lies he is telling his wife all the time are inconvincing, but he never has the courage to tell her the truth. His lover, Alla, is aware of his family life, but gets offended when, for example, he cannot meet her so that he doesn't come home late, or when he doesn't want to go home in a new jacket she gives him to avoid having to explain to his wife. Alla and Nina, Andrei's wife, both leave him, forgive him, and return to him at the same time, and Andrei continues with this kind of life, full of suffering and deceit. Finally, both women are so fed up with his lies that they don't believe him even when he is telling the truth...

Production Country Soviet Union
Language Russian
Spoken Language Russian
Gneres Comedy , Drama , Romance
Production Company Mosfilm
Release Date 6 June 1979
89 mins
Cast
Oleg Basilashvili Андрей Бузыкин
Natalya Gundareva Нина Евлампиевна Бузыкина
Galina Volchek Варвара Никитична, «Дюймовочка», однокурсница Бузыкина
Evgeni Leonov Василий Игнатьич Харитонов, сосед Бузыкина
Nikolay Kryuchkov дядя Коля, сосед Аллы по коммунальной квартире
Vladimir Grammatikov Пташук, друг Аллы
Boryslav Brondukov защитник при ДТП
Nikita Podgornyj Георгий Николаевич Веригин
Norbert Kuchinke Билл Хансен, профессор из Дании
Olga Bogdanova дочь Лена
Dmitri Matveyev Виктор, зять Бузыкина
Vladimir Pozhidayev водитель
Vladimir Firsov Лифанов, студент Бузыкина
Vadim Medvedev Шершавников
Georgiy Daneliya офицер в кинофильме
Eduard Ablam Коваленко
Rene Khobua (credit only)