Incorrigible Liar
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| Directed by | Viplen Azarov |
| Written by |
Yakov Kostykovskiy Moris Slobodskiy |
| Starring |
Georgy Vitsin Inna Makarova Nikolai Prokopovich Edita Piekha Vladimir Etush |
| Music by | Yan Frenkel |
| Cinematography | Mark Dyatlov |
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Running time | 71 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
Incorrigible Liar (Russian: Неисправимый лгун, translit. Neispravimiy lgun) is a 1973 Soviet comedy film directed by Viplen Azarov.[1][2]
Plot
Alexei Ivanovich Tyutyurin (Georgy Vitsin), is a very kind and gentle person who has been working as a hairdresser for twenty years. When there is an opportunity to be promoted to the salon's manager, he faces a problem - in the collective he has a reputation for being constantly late and being an incorrigible liar. According to his boss, Vasily Vasilievich Mymrikov (Nikolai Prokopovich), Tyuturin has two drawbacks: "First, he lies, and secondly, he does not know how to lie," which is why he refuses to sign his recommendation letter.
But in fact Alexei does not deceive anyone - he actually does get into unusual situations on the way to work: he helps a boy to pick up his ball off the roadway, after which he is doused in water by an auto-dispenser, and Tyuturin has to return home to change clothes; then returns a lost gold cigarette case to a foreign prince, in gratitude for which he arranges dinner in honor of Tiuturin; then falls under a car, behind the wheel of which sits Edita Piekha ...
After yet another delay Tiuturin really does begin to compose a fable. He, with the help of Mymrikov, tells a "believable" story about a party with beauties and dances. The chief remains satisfied with Alexei's "corrected behavior" and decides to sign the character reference letter. But, tormented by remorse, Tyuturin very quickly confesses that he lied, telling the true story about a girl, a ball and a fountain. Vasily Vasilyevich immediately becomes sure that Alexei is incorrigible and decides to take the most drastic measures. At this time, the prince's translator comes to the beauty salon with a gift for Tyutyurin, and a little later - Edita Piekha and with Alexei's wife, and all misunderstandings are resolved.
Cast
- Georgy Vitsin - Alexei Ivanovich Tyutyurin
- Inna Makarova - Zinaida Nikolaevna Tyutyurina
- Nikolai Prokopovich - Mymrikov
- Vladimir Etush - Prince of Burukhtania Emir Burokhtan Second Second
- Edita Piekha - cameo
- Emmanuel Geller - Rakhtan, the chief servant of the Prince of Buryatia
- Boris Sichkin - translator
- Nikolai Pogodin - policeman at the embassy
- Nikolay Parfyonov - man in the park who offers to help out for the cigarette case
- Ivan Ryzhov - Senior Master
- Larisa Barabanova - Hairdresser Katya
- Valentina Berezutskaya
- Julia Tsoglin - hairdresser
- Valentina Khmara - hairdresser
- Larisa Vadko - Tyuturin's dance partner
- Galina Mikeladze
- Alexandra Dorokhina - Misha's mother
- Radner Muratov - waterer