Lieutenant Kizhe
Original title: Поручик Киже
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5.2/10
(9)
3/7/1934
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1h 23min
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Synopsis
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.
Direction: Alexandr Faintsimmer
Screenwriter: Юрий Тынянов
Producer: I. Rummel
Cast
Михаил Яншин
Tsar Pavel I
Boris Gorin-Goryainov
Count von Pahlen
Nina Shaternikova
Princess Gagarina
Софья Магарилл
Princess Gagarina's companion
Эраст Гарин
Adjutant
Mikhail Rostovtsev
Fortress commandant
Леонид Кмит
Scribe
Andrei Kostrichkin
Lieutenant Sinyukhaev
Vladimir Lepko
Count Kutaysov (uncredited)
