title: Once Lied
text: # Once Lied
  
  Once Lied (Russian: Единожды солгав…) is a 1987 Soviet drama film directed by Vladimir Bortko.
  
  ## Plot
  
  The film tells about an artist who in the past was a rebel and a subverter of the Soviet way of life, and now has everything that a modern person needs.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Yury Belyayev as Aleksandr Grigoryevich Kryukov (as Yuriy Belyaev)
  * 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
  * Nikolay Grinko as Stanislav Sergeyevich Sheshko
  