Love by Request (, ) is a 1983 Soviet comedy 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. 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 External links 1983 films 1983 romantic comedy films Soviet romantic comedy films 1980s Russian-language films Films directed by Sergei Mikaelyan Russian romantic comedy films