Once Lied

Once Lied
Russian: Единожды солгав…
Directed by	Vladimir Bortko
Written by	Vladimir Bortko Arkadiy Inin
Starring	Yury Belyayev Elena Solovey Irina Skobtseva Yuri Zvyagintsev Sergey Yakovlev
Cinematography	Anatoly Lapshov
Edited by	Leda Semyonova
Music by	Vladimir Dashkevich
Production company	Lenfilm
Release date	1987 (1987)
Running time	96 min.
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Once Lied (Russian: Единожды солгав…, romanized: Edinozhdy solgav...) is a 1987 Soviet romantic drama film directed by Vladimir Bortko.[1][2][3]

Plot

The film tells about the complex emotional experiences of the Soviet conformist artist Alexander Kryukov. He was once a participant in the banned Bulldozer Exhibition, and after its defeat he finally “reforged”, becoming an official socialist realist, painting ceremonial portraits of production leaders commissioned by the authorities. The advent of Perestroika awakened his former oppositional thoughts. At the same time, stagnation in creativity, caused by nihilism, laziness of spirit and the patronage of his boss, leads Kryukov to a “midlife crisis.” Bitter sobering by reality ultimately leads him to repentance and reassessment of life.[4]

Cast

• Yury Belyayev as Aleksandr Grigoryevich Kryukov
• Elena Solovey as Irina
• Irina Skobtseva as Anna Ivanovna
• Yuri Zvyagintsev as Yura
• Sergey Yakovlev as Ivan Semyonovich
• Irina Rozanova as Tanya
• Yevgeny Vesnik as Aleksandr's father
• Yuriy Kuznetsov as Stanislav Lapshin
• Natalya Sayko as Emma Andreyevna
• Nikolai Grinko as Stanislav Sergeyevich Sheshko[5]
• Andrei Tolubeyev as Nikolai
• Aleksey Buldakov as Sergei

References

1. Аркадий Инин в 80-й день рождения поностальгировал по советской власти
2. Сериал «Петр Первый. Завещание» покажут в эфире НТВ
3. Аркадий Инин: «Смех – это единственный спасательный круг в жизни»
4. Единожды солгав (in Russian)
5. Once Lied (1988) Full Cast / Crew

External links

• Once Lied at IMDb