The Theme
| The Theme | |
|---|---|
Yevgeni Vesnik | |
| Distributed by | IFEX (US theatrical) |
Release dates | 1979 (USSR) 16 October 1987 (U.S. limited) |
Running time | 99 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
The Theme (
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 (
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
- Mikhail Ulyanovas Kim Yesenin, writer
- Inna Churikova as Sasha Nikolaeva, museum guide
- Stanislav Lyubshin as Gravedigger, dissident, Sasha's friend
- Yevgeni Vesnikas Igor Paschin, writer
- Yevgeniya Nechayeva as Maria Alexandrovna
- Natalya Seleznyova as Svetlana, Yesenin's disciple
- Sergey Nikonenkoas Sinitsyn, policeman
References
- ^ "Berlinale: 1987 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2011-02-27.
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