The Theme (1979)
A Stinging Comedy from Russia
- Genre: Drama
- Release Date: 1979-01-09
- User Rating: 5.3/10 from 15 ratings
- Runtime: 1h 38min
- Language: Pусский
- Production Company: Mosfilm
- Production Country: Soviet Union
- Director: Gleb Panfilov
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...
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| Writing | Aleksandr Chervinsky | Writer |
| Writing | Gleb Panfilov | Writer |
| Directing | Gleb Panfilov | Director |
| Sound | Yevgeniy Bazanov | Sound |
| Camera | Leonid Kalashnikov | Director of Photography |
| Art | Marksen Gaukhman-Sverdlov | Production Design |
| Editing | Polina Skachkova | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tatyana Razumovskaya | Costume Design |
| Sound | Vadim Bibergan | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tamara Gaidukova | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Evgeniya Indlina | Sound |
