| Love by Request | |
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 Film poster | |
| Влюблён по собственному желанию | |
| Directed by | Sergey Mikaelyan |
| Written by | Sergei Mikaelyan Aleksandr Vasinsky |
| Produced by | Pyotr Orlov |
| Starring | Oleg Yankovskiy Yevgeniya Glushenko Vsevolod Shilovsky |
| Cinematography | Sergei Astakhov |
| Edited by | Izolda Golovko |
| Music by | Igor Tsvetkov |
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| Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
Love by Request (Russian: Влюблён по собственному желанию, romanized: Vlyublyon po sobstvennomu zhelaniyu, English: Enamored by own Accord) is a 1983 Soviet romantic comedy-drama film directed by Sergey Mikaelyan. It was entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival, where Yevgeniya Glushenko won the Silver Bear for Best Actress.
Plot
A handsome but poor former sportsman Igor Bragin and a plain but brainy librarian Vera Silkova make an unusual agreement: to fall in love with each other through will alone. In the background is late Soviet reality with a few of its unattractive features – ambition ridden careerists, black market, drunkenness, growing skepticism and disillusionment with ideals. The scene when the protagonist, a sportsman, applies a wrestling hold to a middle-aged person in the presence of the latter's little son was discliked by some spectators.
Cast
- Oleg Yankovskiy as Igor
- Yevgeniya Glushenko as Vera
- Vsevolod Shilovsky as Nikolai
- Irina Reznikova as Natasha
- Yuriy Dubrovin as Petrushin
- Vladimir Belousov as Gena
- Yuri Kopych as Mikhail Petrovich
- Kira Kreylis-Petrova as Vera's mother
- Ivan Ufimtsev as painter (voiced by Georgi Vitsin)
- Svetlana Shershneva as Vera's friend, an employee of the library
- Natalya Yegorova as resting
- Sergei Losev as planner
- Nikolai Drozdov (cameo)
References
- "Berlinale: 1983 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
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