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Lieutenant Kizhe

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Lieutenant Kizhe

5.2

1h 23m

1934

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.

Director

Alexandr Faintsimmer

ComedyDramaHistory

bureaucracysoviet union

Cast & Crew

Mikhail Yanshin

Mikhail Yanshin

as Tsar Pavel I

Boris Gorin-Goryainov

Boris Gorin-Goryainov

as Count von Pahlen

Nina Shaternikova

Nina Shaternikova

as Princess Gagarina

Sofiya Magarill

Sofiya Magarill

as Princess Gagarina's companion

Erast Garin

Erast Garin

as Adjutant

Mikhail Rostovtsev

Mikhail Rostovtsev

as Fortress commandant

Leonid Kmit

Leonid Kmit

as Scribe

Andrei Kostrichkin

Andrei Kostrichkin

as Lieutenant Sinyukhaev

Konstantin Gibshman

as Chief physician

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