''Incorrigible Liar'' () is a 1973 Soviet

musical comedy film Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serve merely as break ...

directed by Villen Azarov.

Plot

Alexei Ivanovich Tyutyurin (

Georgy Vitsin Georgy Mikhailovich Vitsin (; 18 April 1917 – 22 October 2001) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1990). Biography Vitsin was born in Zelenogorsk, Saint Petersburg in 1917 (Soviet documents list h ...

) 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), Tyutyurin 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 Tyutyurin 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 Tyutyurin; then falls under a car, behind the wheel of which sits

Edita Piekha Edita Stanislavovna Piekha (born 31 July 1937) is a Soviet and Russian singer and actress of Polish descent. The peak of her popularity in the countries of the former USSR was in the 1960s. Her most famous song is “Our Neighbor”. (Наш с� ...

... After yet another delay Tyutyurin 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, Tyutyurin 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 with Alexei's wife, and all misunderstandings are resolved.

Cast

- Alexei Ivanovich Tyutyurin *

Inna Makarova Inna Vladimirovna Makarova (; 28 July 1926 – 25 March 2020) was a Soviet and Russian actress. She grew up in Novosibirsk. In 1948 she graduated from the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in Moscow and began to work as an actress at the Nati ...

- Zinaida Nikolaevna Tyutyurina *Nikolai Prokopovich - Vasily Vasilievich Mymrikov *

Vladimir Etush Vladimir Abramovich Etush (6 May 19229 March 2019) was a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor of Jewish descent. People's Artist of the USSR (1984). Biography He was born on 6 May 1922 in Moscow into a Jewish family. Father - Abram Shak ...

- Prince of Burukhtania Emir Burokhtan Second Second *

- cameo *Emmanuel Geller - Rakhtan, the chief servant of the Prince of Burukhtania *

Boris Sichkin Boris Mikhailovich Sichkin (; ; 1922–2002) was a Soviet and American film actor, dancer, choreographer, composer and entertainer. Biography Sichkin born in Kyiv in the family of a Jewish shoemaker, who died when he was 4 years old. The elder ...

- translator *Nikolai Pogodin - policeman at the embassy *Nikolay Parfyonov - man in the park who offers to help out for the cigarette case *

Ivan Ryzhov Ivan Petrovich Ryzhov (; 25 January 1913, Zelyonaya Sloboda, Bronnitsky Uyezd, Moscow Governorate — 15 March 2004, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1980). Biography Ryzhov was born on 25 Ja ...

- 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 Radner Zinyatovich Muratov (, ; 21 October 1928 – 10 December 2004) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor of Tatar Tatar may refer to: Peoples * Tatars, an umbrella term for different Turkic ethnic groups bearing the name "Tatar" * Vol ...

- waterer

Songs

* ''Tak uzh byuvaet'' () performed by Edita Piekha * ''Pravda i vyumyusel'' () performed by Georgy Vitsin

References

External links

{{IMDb title, tt0185532 1970s Soviet films 1970s Russian-language films Soviet musical comedy films Mosfilm films 1970s musical comedy films 1973 films Russian-language musical comedy films 1973 musical films