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The Theme ()

Tema (original title)
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A playwright faces writer's block.
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Kim Yesenin, writer
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Sasha Nikolaeva, museum guide
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Igor Paschin - writer
Yevgeniya Nechayeva ...
Maria Alexandrovna
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Sinitsyn - policeman
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Svetlana
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'Borodatyy' - Andrey
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
V. Asessorova
Vadim Fedulov ...
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(as G. Ilyina)
K. Lazarev
N. Matveyeva
Zinaida Petrova
P. Roshchina
S. Titov
D. Ukhina

Directed by

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Gleb Panfilov

Written by

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Aleksandr Baldenkov ... (poems and diary entries by) (as A.E. Baldenkova)
 
Aleksandr Chervinsky ... (writer)
 
Gleb Panfilov ... (writer)

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Vadim Bibergan
Anatoli Panfilov ... (as Tolya Panfilov)

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Leonid Kalashnikov

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Polina Skachkova ... (as P. Skachkova)

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Marksen Gaukhman-Sverdlov

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K. Razumovskaya

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Tamara Gaydukova ... makeup artist (as T. Gaydukova)

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Vladimir Repnikov ... production manager

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N. Abramenko ... assistant director

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Yevgeniy Bazanov ... sound engineer (as Ye. Bazanov)
Evgeniya Indlina ... sound engineer (as Ye. Indlina)

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Sergei Naugolnykh ... camera operator

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Apelsin ... performer (as Apelsin Ansambl)
Anatoli Panfilov ... musician (as Tolya Panfilov)

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Irina Sergievskaya ... script supervisor (as I. Sergiyevskaya)
A. Svobodin ... script supervisor

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Plot Summary

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 night he spies on her. All is revealed. Written by

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Taglines A Stinging Comedy from Russia See more »
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Also Known As
  • Тема (Soviet Union, Russian title)
  • The Theme (United States)
  • The Theme (World-wide, English title)
  • Le thème (France)
  • Temat (Poland)
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Trivia The film was shelved for 7 years after censorship scrutiny, likely for two reasons: It presented one disaffected Jewish writer character who wanted to emigrate to achieve creative freedom and another writer, the official playwright, who doubted the value of his work and the overall worth of the literary and cultural community. See more »
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