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, a winner of 1979

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, San Sebastian Film Festival and 1980

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awards in the best director and best actor categories. It was also selected as the Soviet entry for the

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at the

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, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences It starred

Oleg Basilashvili Oleg Valerianovich Basilashvili (russian: Оле́г Валериа́нович Басилашви́ли; ka, ოლეგ ბასილაშვილი, ; born 26 September 1934) is a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. People's Artist ...

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 Yevgeny Pavlovich Leonov (russian: link=no, Евгений Павлович Леонов; 2 September 1926 – 29 January 1994) was a Soviet and Russian actor who played main parts in several of the most famous Soviet films, such as '' Gentlemen ...

Natalya Gundareva Natalya Georgyevna Gundareva (russian: Наталья Георгиевна Гундарева, August 28, 1948 — May 15, 2005) was a Soviet Russian film and theatre actress, one of the leading figures at the Mayakovsky Theatre where she worked ...

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, Borislav Brondukov,

Nikolai Kryuchkov Nikolai Afanasyevich Kryuchkov (russian: Никола́й Афана́сьевич Крючко́в; 6 January 1911 – 13 April 1994) was a Soviet and Russian film actor. He appeared in more than 90 films between 1932 and 1993. Selected fi ...

, and Galina Volchek. It was directed by Georgiy Daneliya.

Cast

as Andrey Pavlovich Buzykin *

as Nina Yevlampyevna Buzykina *

as Alla Mikhaylovna Yermakova – Buzykin's Mistress *

as Vasily Ignatyevich Kharitonov – Buzykin's Neighbour * Norbert Kuchinke as Bill Hansen, Danish Professor *

as Uncle Kolya, Alla's Neighbour * Galina Volchek as Varvara Nikitichna * Olga Bogdanova as Yelena – Buzykin's Daughter (as O.Bogdanova)

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* * * 1979 films 1970s romantic comedy-drama films Soviet romantic comedy-drama films Russian romantic comedy-drama films 1970s Russian-language films Mosfilm films Films directed by Georgiy Daneliya Films scored by Andrey Petrov Films shot in Saint Petersburg Films set in Saint Petersburg Films set in the Soviet Union 1979 comedy-drama films {{comedy-drama-film-stub

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