| Autumn Marathon | |
| Director: | Georgiy Daneliya |
| Starring: | Oleg Basilashvili Natalya Gundareva Yevgeni Leonov Marina Neyolova |
| Music: | Andrei Petrov |
| Cinematography: | Sergei Vronsky |
| Editing: | Tatyana Yegorychyova |
| Studio: | Mosfilm |
| Runtime: | 90 minutes |
| Country: | Soviet Union |
| Language: | Russian |
Autumn Marathon (Russian: Осенний марафон|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.