Overview
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".
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Setting
Set in Moscow
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Music
Music by Igor Tsvetkov
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Sergey Astakhov
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Sergey MikaelyanWriter
- Aleksandr VasinskyWriter
- Original title
- Влюблен по собственному желанию
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- November 1, 1982
- Original language
- Russian
- Countries
- Soviet Union
Production
Cast
Oleg YankovskyIgor Bragin
Evgeniya GlushenkoVera Silkova
Irina ReznikovaNatasha (as I. Reznikova)
Natalya Yegorovaотдыхающая «дикарём» с семьей на природе
Yuriy DubrovinPetrushin (as Yu. Dubrovin)- Vladimir BelousovGena (as V. Belousov)
Vsevolod ShilovskyKolya (as V. Shilovskiy)
Kira Krejlis-PetrovaVera's mother (as K. Kreylis-Petrova)- Yuriy KopichMichail Petrovich (as Yu. Kopich)
Nikolay Drozdovanchorman
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