Autumn Marathon

Autumn Marathon (1979)

DramaRomanceComedy

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...

Director: Georgiy Daneliya

Casts

	Oleg Basilashvili as Андрей Бузыкин
	Natalya Gundareva as Нина Евлампиевна Бузыкина
	Marina Neyolova as Алла
	Galina Volchek as Варвара Никитична, «Дюймовочка», однокурсница Бузыкина
	Evgeni Leonov as Василий Игнатьич Харитонов, сосед Бузыкина
	Nikolay Kryuchkov as дядя Коля, сосед Аллы по коммунальной квартире
	Vladimir Grammatikov as Пташук, друг Аллы
	Boryslav Brondukov as защитник при ДТП
	Nikita Podgornyj as Георгий Николаевич Веригин
	Norbert Kuchinke as Билл Хансен, профессор из Дании
	Olga Bogdanova as дочь Лена
	Dmitri Matveyev as Виктор, зять Бузыкина
	Vladimir Pozhidayev as водитель
	Vladimir Firsov as Лифанов, студент Бузыкина
	Vadim Medvedev as Шершавников
	Georgiy Daneliya as офицер в кинофильме
	Eduard Ablam as Коваленко
	Rene Khobua as (credit only)

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