Igor Bragin (played by Oleg Yankovskiy) is a protagonist in Love by Request.
Igor Bragin is a handsome but poor former sportsman and the male protagonist. He enters an unusual agreement with Vera Silkova to make themselves fall in love through will alone. His athletic background is underscored by a controversial scene in which he applies a wrestling hold to a middle-aged person. Vera Silkova (played by Evgeniya Glushenko) appears in Love by Request.
Vera Silkova is a plain but brainy librarian and the female protagonist. She participates with Igor Bragin in their unusual agreement to fall in love through will alone. Their deliberate attempt to create love forms the central relationship and narrative experiment of the film. Vera's mother (as K. Kreylis-Petrova) (played by Kira Krejlis-Petrova) appears in Love by Request.
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Characters
Igor Bragin
(played by Oleg Yankovskiy) — protagonist
Igor Bragin is a handsome but poor former sportsman and the male protagonist. He enters an unusual agreement with Vera Silkova to make themselves fall in love through will alone. His athletic backgrou...
Vera Silkova
(played by Evgeniya Glushenko) — supporting
Vera Silkova is a plain but brainy librarian and the female protagonist. She participates with Igor Bragin in their unusual agreement to fall in love through will alone. Their deliberate attempt to cr...
Vera's mother (as K. Kreylis-Petrova)
(played by Kira Krejlis-Petrova) — supporting
Canonical Relationships
Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.
Vera's mother (as K. Kreylis-Petrova) → Vera Silkova
(mother)
角色名包含关系词: mother
Igor Bragin → Vera Silkova
(Romantic Experiment)
Igor Bragin and Vera Silkova make an unusual agreement to fall in love with each other through will alone.
Story Analysis
A former sportsman and a librarian test whether love can be deliberately created against a skeptical late Soviet social background.
Plot Progression
An Unlikely Agreement
Love Against Reality
Skepticism And Pressure
The Disliked Incident
The Emotional Test
Directed by Sergey Mikaelyan
Love by Request (1982) · 6/10 · comedy, drama, romance
