Osenniy marafon (Autumn Marathon) (1979) ENG

Language: English Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance Country: Soviet Union Director: Georgiy Daneliya Writer: Aleksandr Volodin Cast: Oleg Basilashvili, Natalya Gundareva, Marina Neyolova, Evgeniy Leonov, Norbert Kuchinke, Nikolay Kryuchkov, Galina Volchek, Olga Bogdanova, Borislav Brondukov, Vladimir Grammatikov, Dmitri Matveyev, Vadim Medvedev, Nikita Podgorny, Vladimir Pozhidayev, Lyudmila Ivanova Storyline: Andrey 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...