The Theme

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]

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