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Lieutenant Kizhe

1934-03-07

83 mins

The Plot

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.

Cast and Crew

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

Konstantin Gibshman

Konstantin Gibshman

Chief physician

Vladimir Lepko

Vladimir Lepko

Count Kutaysov (uncredited)

Fedor Fedorovski

Fedor Fedorovski

Grenadier (uncredited)

Videos & Trailers

Lieutenant Kizhe / Lieutenant Kije / Поручик Киже