Autumn Marathon
1979 Russian film by Georgiy Daneliya
- 1979 (1979)
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Autumn Marathon (Russian: Осенний марафон, romanized: Osenniy marafon) is a 1979 Soviet romantic comedy-drama, a winner of 1979 Venice Film Festival, San Sebastian Film Festival and 1980 Berlin Film Festival awards in the best director and best actor categories.[1] It was also selected as the Soviet entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 52nd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[2]
It starred Oleg Basilashvili as Andrei Bouzykine, a married English-to-Russian translator in Leningrad who is going through a mid-life crisis and struggling to stand up for himself in his tangled relationships with his wife, mistress, neighbors, and co-workers. The cast included such notable Soviet performers as Yevgeny Leonov, Natalya Gundareva, Marina Neyolova, Borislav Brondukov, Nikolai Kryuchkov, and Galina Volchek. It was directed by Georgiy Daneliya.
Cast
- Oleg Basilashvili as Andrey Pavlovich Buzykin
- Natalya Gundareva as Nina Yevlampyevna Buzykina
- Marina Neyolova as Alla Mikhaylovna Yermakova – Buzykin's Mistress
- Yevgeny Leonov as Vasily Ignatyevich Kharitonov – Buzykin's Neighbour
- Norbert Kuchinke as Bill Hansen, Danish Professor
- Nikolai Kryuchkov as Uncle Kolya, Alla's Neighbour
- Galina Volchek as Varvara Nikitichna
- Olga Bogdanova as Yelena – Buzykin's Daughter (as O.Bogdanova)
See also
- List of submissions to the 52nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Soviet submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
- ^ Richard Taylor, Nancy Wood, Julian Graffy, Dina Iordanova (2019). The BFI Companion to Eastern European and Russian Cinema. Bloomsbury. p. 1933. ISBN 978-1838718497.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
External links
- Autumn Marathon at AllMovie
- Autumn Marathon at IMDb
- Autumn Marathon (in Russian with English subtitles) on YouTube
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Films directed by Georgiy Daneliya
- The Road to Berth (1962)
- Walking the Streets of Moscow (1963)
- Thirty Three (1965)
- Don't Grieve (1969)
- Hopelessly Lost (1973)
- Afonya (1975)
- Mimino (1977)
- Autumn Marathon (1979)
- Tears Were Falling (1982)
- Kin-dza-dza! (1986)
- Passport (1990)
- Nastya (1993)
- Heads and Tails (1995)
- Ku! Kin-dza-dza (2013)
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