Legal Marriage (Russian: Законный брак, romanized: Zakonniy brak) is a 1985 Soviet war romance film directed by Albert S.
[1][2][3] The film tells about an actor who decides to help a sick girl go home to the capital and for this they enter into a fictitious marriage.
Igor Voloshin, an actor with a Moscow theater company evacuated to Central Asia, is a strikingly handsome man filled with energy, eager to join the front.
Olga, a music teacher working as a nurse, is weak with malaria and struggling with the harsh climate, longing to return to her parents' apartment in Moscow, now only accessible with special permits.
A gentle affection develops between them, and, moved by compassion for his ailing friend with no other way back to Moscow, Igor marries Olga in a sham arrangement to facilitate her return.