emigration,playwright,intelligent,dissident

The Theme (1979)

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A Stinging Comedy from Russia

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...

Cast & Crew

Director
Gleb Panfilov
  • Profile picture of Mikhail Ulyanov
    Kim Yesenin Mikhail Ulyanov
  • Profile picture of Inna Churikova
    Sasha Nikolayeva Inna Churikova
  • Profile picture of Yevgeni Vesnik
    Pashchin Yevgeni Vesnik
  • Profile picture of Sergey Nikonenko
    Sinitsyn Sergey Nikonenko
  • Profile picture of Natalya Seleznyova
    Svetlana Natalya Seleznyova
  • Profile picture of Stanislav Lyubshin
    'Bearded' Stanislav Lyubshin

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Keywords

  • emigration
  • playwright
  • intelligent
  • dissident