Having Lied Once (1988)
Set in the Soviet Union, the film is a chronicle of a life of one successful artist: his family, his friends, his clients, and his artworks.
Director: Vladimir Bortko
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Yuri Belyayev as Aleksandr Kryukov |
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Yelena Solovey as Irina |
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Irina Skobtseva as Anna Ivanovna |
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Yuri Zvyagintsev as Yura |
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Sergei Yakovlev as Ivan Semyonovich |
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Irina Rozanova as Tanya |
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Yevgeni Vesnik as otets Aleksandra |
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Yuriy Kuznetsov as Stanislav Lapshin |
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Mykola Hrynko as akademik Stanislav Sheshko |
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Arkadi Shalolashvili as psikhiatr Mikhail Gorodkov |
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Andrei Tolubeyev as matematik Nikolay |
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Ilya Ivanov as arkhitektor Semyon Zapolskiy |
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Aleksei Buldakov as Sergey Pivovarov |
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Tatyana Zhuravleva as Nadezhda Kudelkina |
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Nina Ruslanova as Partirnaya rabotnitsa |
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Elena Popova as Exhibition visitor (uncredited) |
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Aleksandr Slastin as Polkovnik |
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Valeri Smolyakov as Ofitsiant |
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Natalya Sayko as Emma Andreyevna |
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Yury Eller as Starshiy referent |
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Oleg Basilashvili as Posetitel vystavki (uncredited) |
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Pavel Kornakov as |
| Costume & Make-Up | Natalya Vasilyeva | Costume Design |
| Writing | Vladimir Bortko | Writer |
| Writing | Arkadiy Inin | Writer |
| Camera | Anatoly Lapshov | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Vladimir Dashkevich | Music |
| Directing | Vladimir Bortko | Director |
| Editing | Leda Semyonova | Editor |
| Art | Natalya Vasilyeva | Production Design |