Lieutenant Kizhe (1934)

03/07/1934 (SU) • 1h 23m

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.

Top Billed Cast

Mikhail Yanshin

Tsar Pavel I

Boris Gorin-Goryainov

Count von Pahlen

Nina Shaternikova

Princess Gagarina

Sofiya Magarill

Princess Gagarina's companion

Erast Garin

Adjutant

Mikhail Rostovtsev

Fortress commandant

Andrei Kostrichkin

Lieutenant Sinyukhaev

Konstantin Gibshman

Chief physician


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Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

bureaucracy

soviet union

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