Lieutenant Kizhe (1934)
March 7, 1934
Comedy, Drama, History
1h 23m


A copying error by a military scribe turns the Russian words "the lieutenants, however" into what looks like "lieutenant Kizhe". The Tsar reads the error, and wants to meet this (non-existent) lieutenant. The courtiers, eager to avoid the wrath of the temperamental Tsar, create a Kizhe to serve as their royal scapegoat.
Cast & Crew
- Director
- Alexandr Faintsimmer
- Tsar Pavel I Mikhail Yanshin
- Count von Pahlen Boris Gorin-Goryainov
- Princess Gagarina Nina Shaternikova
- Princess Gagarina's companion Sofiya Magarill
- Adjutant Erast Garin
- Fortress commandant Mikhail Rostovtsev
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Keywords
- bureaucracy
- soviet union