Love by Request
Cast
Oleg Yankovskiy Evgeniya Glushenko 
Vsevolod Shilovskiy Irina Reznikova Yuriy Dubrovin Vladimir Belousov
Credits
Written by: 
Sergey Mikaelyan
Plot
Two people: Igor, an ex-athlete living aimlessly and chasing rubles to get drunk and Vera, a dowdy librarian, try to find their luck by planning to fall in love with each other based on "psychological conditioning".
Sinekatalog’s take
Love by Request (1982) is a Russian drama directed by Sergey Mikaelyan. It stars Oleg Yankovskiy, Evgeniya Glushenko and Vsevolod Shilovskiy. It runs 89 minutes. It is listed here for its festival and awards record.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Awards
- Berlin International Film Festival 1983: Best Actress (Silver Bear for Best Actress) — Yevgeniya Glushenko
Ratings
IMDb: 7.3 / 10 (998 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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