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Lieutenant Kizhe

Lieutenant Kizhe

19345.21h 23m

Overview

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.

Directed by Alexandr Faintsimmer
Written by Yury Tynyanov, Vladislav Glinka, Yuzef Krinkin
Produced by I. Rummel
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Top Cast

Mikhail Yanshin

Mikhail Yanshin

Tsar Pavel I

Boris Gorin-Goryainov

Boris Gorin-Goryainov

Count von Pahlen

Nina Shaternikova

Nina Shaternikova

Princess Gagarina

Sofiya Magarill

Sofiya Magarill

Princess Gagarina's companion

Erast Garin

Erast Garin

Adjutant

Mikhail Rostovtsev

Mikhail Rostovtsev

Fortress commandant

Leonid Kmit

Leonid Kmit

Scribe

Andrei Kostrichkin

Andrei Kostrichkin

Lieutenant Sinyukhaev

K

Konstantin Gibshman

Chief physician

Vladimir Lepko

Vladimir Lepko

Count Kutaysov (uncredited)

Themes & Keywords

bureaucracysoviet union

About Lieutenant Kizhe

Lieutenant Kizhe is a comedy, drama, history film released in 1934 exploring themes of bureaucracy, soviet union. Directed by Alexandr Faintsimmer, it stars Mikhail Yanshin, Boris Gorin-Goryainov, Nina Shaternikova. 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.

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