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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Oleg Yankovsky
Igor Bragin
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Evgeniya Glushenko
Vera Silkova
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Irina Reznikova
Natasha (as I. Reznikova)
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Vladimir Belousov
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Vsevolod Shilovsky
Kolya (as V. Shilovskiy)
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Kira Krejlis-Petrova
Vera's mother (as K. Kreylis-Petrova)
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Yuriy Kopich
Michail Petrovich (as Yu. Kopich)
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Nikolay Drozdov
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Sergey Mikaelyan Director · Aleksandr Vasinsky Writer Igor Tsvetkov Composer
First release November 1, 1982 · Produced in Russia, Russia · Original title Влюблен по собственному желанию
Production
Lenfilm
Production
Russia · Russia
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Languages
Original title
Влюблен по собственному желанию
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · November 1, 1982
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No release date listed for United States.
Germany
February 1, 1983 · Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
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