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{{Short description|1979 film by Gleb Panfilov}}
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{{About|the 1979 film|the Tracey Lee song|The Theme (It's Party Time)||Theme (disambiguation){{!}}Theme}}
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| director = [[Gleb Panfilov]]
| director = [[Gleb Panfilov]]
| producer =
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| writer = [[Aleksandr Chervinsky]]<br>Gleb Panfilov
| writer = [[Aleksandr Chervinsky]]<br>Gleb Panfilov
| starring = [[Mikhail Ulyanov]]<br>[[Inna Churikova]]
| starring = [[Mikhail Alexandrovich Ulyanov|Mikhail Ulyanov]]<br>[[Inna Churikova]]<br>[[Stanislav Lyubshin]]<br>[[Yevgeni Vesnik]]
| music =
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| distributor = [[International Film Exchange|IFEX]] (US theatrical)
| distributor = [[International Film Exchange|IFEX]] (US theatrical)
| released = {{flagicon|Soviet Union}} [[1979]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[16 October]], [[1987]] (limited)
| released = {{Film date|1979|||USSR|1987|10|16|U.S. limited|df=y}}
| runtime = 99 min.
| runtime = 99 minutes
| country = [[Soviet Union]]
| country = Soviet Union
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| language = Russian
| language = [[Russian language|Russian]]
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| amg_id = 1:49363
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'''''The Theme''''' ({{lang-ru|Тема}}) is a [[1979]] [[Soviet film]] directed by [[Gleb Panfilov]]. It tells the story of an egotistical playwright who thinks of himself as an artist, but who allows the system to make him write conformist plays.


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'''''The Theme''''' ({{lang-ru|Тема|Tema}}) is a [[1979 in film|1979]] [[Soviet film|Soviet]] [[comedy film]] directed by [[Gleb Panfilov]]. It tells the story of an egotistical playwright who thinks of himself as an artist, but who allows the system to make him write conformist plays.
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The film was heavily censored on its release in [[1979]]. The full version was not released until [[1986]]; this version was awarded the Golden Bear at the [[Berlin Film Festival]].


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The film was heavily censored on its release in 1979. The full version was not released until 1986; this version was awarded the [[Golden Bear]] at the [[37th Berlin International Film Festival]].<ref name="Berlinale">{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1987/03_preistr_ger_1987/03_Preistraeger_1987.html |title=Berlinale: 1987 Prize Winners |access-date=2011-02-27 |work=berlinale.de}}</ref>
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==Plot==
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Popular playwright Kim Yesenin ([[Mikhail Alexandrovich Ulyanov|Mikhail Ulyanov]]) with his mistress ([[Natalya Seleznyova]]) and friend ([[Yevgeni Vesnik]]) arrives in [[Suzdal]] on his [[GAZ Volga|Volga]], in the search of historical themes for his new play, inwardly tormented by his own bias and experiencing a spiritual crisis. In Suzdal, he runs into a family of an old teacher Maria Alexandrovna (Yevgeniya Nechayeva) with venerable, traditional notions of morality and honor. Kim tries to woo the art historian and local museum guide Sasha ([[Inna Churikova]]), a pupil of Maria Alexandrovna, but she just plainly imparts to him about how mediocre and immoral his plays are.
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Later Kim Yesenin is a secret witness to a farewell conversation of Sasha with her lover, nicknamed as "The Hirsute" ([[Stanislav Lyubshin]]). The Hirsute is a frustrated scientist and writer, planning to emigrate to the [[United States]] (in the scene of parting with The Hirsute, Sasha shouts: "What are you going to do in this America?!").
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At night, Yesenin is trying to depart for Moscow, but changes his mind midway, turns around and crashes his car on the slippery road. In the final scene, severely wounded, he gets to a phone booth and calls Sasha. Without being able to communicate anything sensible to her Yesenin loses consciousness. Lieutenant Sinitsyn (Sergey Nikonenko) who happens to pass by, picks him up onto his [[motorcycle]] which has a sidecar attached - and on this frame the picture ends. The subsequent fate of Yesenin is unknown.
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==Cast==
* [[Mikhail Alexandrovich Ulyanov|Mikhail Ulyanov]] as Kim Yesenin, writer
* [[Inna Churikova]] as Sasha Nikolaeva, museum guide
* [[Stanislav Lyubshin]] as Gravedigger, dissident, Sasha's friend
* [[Yevgeni Vesnik]] as Igor Paschin, writer
* [[Yevgeniya Nechayeva]] as Maria Alexandrovna
* [[Natalya Seleznyova]] as Svetlana, Yesenin's disciple
* [[Sergey Nikonenko]] as Sinitsyn, policeman

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0079999}}
*{{Amg movie|49363}}
{{Gleb Panfilov}}
{{Golden Bear 1980-1999}}


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Revision as of 13:21, 14 May 2024

This article is about the 1979 film. For the Tracey Lee song, see The Theme (It's Party Time). For other uses, see Theme.
The Theme
Directed byGleb Panfilov
Written byAleksandr Chervinsky
Gleb Panfilov
StarringMikhail Ulyanov
Inna Churikova
Stanislav Lyubshin
Yevgeni Vesnik
Distributed byIFEX (US theatrical)
Release dates
  • 1979 (1979) (USSR)
  • 16 October 1987 (1987-10-16) (U.S. limited)
Running time
99 minutes
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

The Theme (Russian: Тема, romanized: Tema) is a 1979 Soviet comedy film directed by Gleb Panfilov. It tells the story of an egotistical playwright who thinks of himself as an artist, but who allows the system to make him write conformist plays.

The film was heavily censored on its release in 1979. The full version was not released until 1986; this version was awarded the Golden Bear at the 37th Berlin International Film Festival.[1]

Plot

Popular playwright Kim Yesenin (Mikhail Ulyanov) with his mistress (Natalya Seleznyova) and friend (Yevgeni Vesnik) arrives in Suzdal on his Volga, in the search of historical themes for his new play, inwardly tormented by his own bias and experiencing a spiritual crisis. In Suzdal, he runs into a family of an old teacher Maria Alexandrovna (Yevgeniya Nechayeva) with venerable, traditional notions of morality and honor. Kim tries to woo the art historian and local museum guide Sasha (Inna Churikova), a pupil of Maria Alexandrovna, but she just plainly imparts to him about how mediocre and immoral his plays are.

Later Kim Yesenin is a secret witness to a farewell conversation of Sasha with her lover, nicknamed as "The Hirsute" (Stanislav Lyubshin). The Hirsute is a frustrated scientist and writer, planning to emigrate to the United States (in the scene of parting with The Hirsute, Sasha shouts: "What are you going to do in this America?!").

At night, Yesenin is trying to depart for Moscow, but changes his mind midway, turns around and crashes his car on the slippery road. In the final scene, severely wounded, he gets to a phone booth and calls Sasha. Without being able to communicate anything sensible to her Yesenin loses consciousness. Lieutenant Sinitsyn (Sergey Nikonenko) who happens to pass by, picks him up onto his motorcycle which has a sidecar attached - and on this frame the picture ends. The subsequent fate of Yesenin is unknown.

Cast

References

  1. ^ "Berlinale: 1987 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2011-02-27.


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