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Lieutenant Kizhe
Lieutenant Kizhe

Lieutenant Kizhe

1934

5.2

Categories:

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • History

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.

Alexandr Faintsimmer

Director

I. Rummel

Producer

Yury Tynyanov

Writer, Book

Cast:

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  • 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 co...
  • Erast Garin

    Erast Garin

    Adjutant
  • Mikhail Rostovtsev

    Mikhail Rostovtsev

    Fortress commandant