The Theme (Tema) (1979)

7.2	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Gleb Panfilov

Starring (View all)

Mikhail Ulyanov
Kim Yesenin, writer

Inna Churikova
Sasha Nikolaeva, museum guide

Yevgeni Vesnik
Igor Paschin - writer

Yevgeniya Nechayeva
Maria Alexandrovna

Sergey Nikonenko
Sinitsyn - policeman

Natalya Seleznyova
Svetlana

Stanislav Lyubshin
'Borodatyy' - Andrey

V. Asessorova

Written by

Aleksandr Chervinsky
writer

Gleb Panfilov
writer

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Description: A self-pitying but popular playwright drives to Vladimir to relax with a doting female student and another writer. He's convinced his writing is of no lasting value, but he still has an ego, about his work and his masculine appeal. He's drawn to a museum guide he sees on his first afternoon, and when she appears at dinner, he tries charm. She reads widely, knows his work, loved it once and now finds it trivial; and she says so. He's stung. The next day, they walk through a cemetery where she talks of a dead peasant's poems and he grabs an idea of hers as the theme for a new play. She remains indifferent; he's baffled. So that ni ... (more)

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"24.12. One of the greatest and most meaningful Soviet films of the 70's. It's another story of art and an artist in the midst of all controlling political system. Freedom of expression, human creativity and state controlled art were serious issues back in the Soviet Union, there were lots of persecuted underground artists who didn't submit to the system and paid the price. This film was banned for a decade for addressing some serious issues deemed highly dangerous and taboo for the time. "