The Theme (1987)

  • NR
  • 04/17/1987 (FI)
  • Drama
  • 1h 38m

A Stinging Comedy from Russia

Overview

In search of inspiration and new topics, the famous metropolitan writer Kim Yesenin goes to the province. Unexpectedly for himself, he discovers that here people live very differently than in the world familiar to him. By chance, he witnesses someone else's love drama - intellectual Sasha and dissident Andrei who is leaving for America. He is shocked by this complex conflict and fictitious problems, where there is no place for either melancholy or depression. In this situation, the hero decides to go to Moscow...

Gleb Panfilov

Director, Writer

Aleksandr Chervinsky

Writer

Cast

Mikhail Ulyanov's headshot

Mikhail Ulyanov

Kim Yesenin
Inna Churikova's headshot

Inna Churikova

Sasha Nikolayeva
Yevgeni Vesnik's headshot

Yevgeni Vesnik

Pashchin
Yevgeniya Nechayeva's headshot

Yevgeniya Nechayeva

Mariya Aleksandrovna
Sergey Nikonenko's headshot

Sergey Nikonenko

Sinitsyn
Natalya Seleznyova's headshot

Natalya Seleznyova

Svetlana
Stanislav Lyubshin's headshot

Stanislav Lyubshin

'Bearded'

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