1934
5.2 (9 votes)
1h 23m
Genres
Comedy
Drama
History
Production Companies
Belgoskino
Lieutenant Kizhe (Поручик Киже)
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.
Key Crew
Director: Alexandr Faintsimmer
Director of Photography: Arkadi Koltsaty
Writer: Yury Tynyanov
Top 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
