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.
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22 people
Yuri Belyayev
Aleksandr Kryukov
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Irina
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Anna Ivanovna
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Yuriy Kuznetsov
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Brother
Mykola Hrynko
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Andrei Rublev
Arkadi Shalolashvili
psikhiatr Mikhail Gorodkov
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matematik Nikolay
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Vladimir Bortko Director · Arkadiy Inin Writer Anatoly Lapshov Cinematographer
First release February 2, 1988 · Produced in Russia · Production Second Creative Association
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Lenfilm
Production
Second Creative Association
Production
Russia
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Original title
Единожды солгав
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · February 2, 1988
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