Autumn Marathon is a 1979 Soviet comedy-drama, a winner of 1979 Venice Film Festival

Venice Film Festival

The Venice International Film Festival is the oldest international film festival in the world. Founded by Count Giuseppe Volpi in 1932 as the "Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica", the festival has since taken place every year in late August or early September on the island of the...

, San Sebastian Film Festival and 1980 Berlin Film Festival awards in the best director and best actor categories.
It starred Oleg Basilashvili

Oleg Basilashvili

Oleg Valerianovich Basilashvili is a well-known Soviet/Russian film and theatre actor of Georgian and Polish origin, as well as political figure in the former Soviet Union and in the new Russia.-Childhood:...

 as a main character - a married man going through mid-life crisis, trying to find ends in his complex tangled relationships with his wife, mistress, neighbors and co-workers.

Cast included such notable Soviet performers as Yevgeny Leonov

Yevgeny Leonov

Yevgeny Pavlovich Leonov was a famous Russian/Soviet actor who played main parts in several of the most famous Soviet films. Called "one of Russia's best-loved actors", he also provided the voice for many Soviet cartoon characters, including Vinny Pukh .-Early life:While growing up in a typical...

, Natalya Gundareva, Marina Neyolova

Marina Neyolova

Marina Neyolova is a Soviet and Russian film and theater actress. She has appeared in 37 films since 1969.-Selected filmography:* Monologue * Errors of Youth * Autumn Marathon * The Barber of Siberia...

, Borislav Brondukov

Borislav Brondukov

Boryslav Brondukov was a Ukrainian and Soviet film character actor, People's Artist of Ukraine.He was born in the village of Dubava somewhere in Kiev oblast of Ukrainian SSR in a Russian-Polish family...

, Nikolai Kryuchkov

Nikolai Kryuchkov

Nikolai Kryuchkov was a Soviet film actor. He appeared in 94 films between 1932 and 1993.-Selected filmography:* Okraina * By the Bluest of Seas * The Return of Maxim * The Vyborg Side * Salavat Yulayev...

, and Galina Volchek.

It was directed by a famous Soviet director, Georgi Daneliya

Georgi Daneliya

Georgi Daneliya is a Soviet/Georgian/Russian film director, who became known throughout the Soviet Union for his "sad comedies" .Daneliya graduated from the Moscow Architecture Institute and worked as an architect...

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