Movie·1934·1h 23m
Lieutenant Kizhe
Directed By
Alexandr Faintsimmer
Country
Soviet Union
Language
Russian
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The Story
Original title: Поручик Киже
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.
Written By
Yury Tynyanov
Producer
I. Rummel
Cinematography
Arkadi Koltsaty
Music
Sergei Prokofiev
Editor
A. Setsko
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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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
Leonid Kmit
Scribe
Andrei Kostrichkin
Lieutenant Sinyukhaev
Konstantin Gibshman
Chief physician
Vladimir Lepko
Count Kutaysov (uncredited)
Fedor Fedorovski
Grenadier (uncredited)
// crew
Crew
Alexandr Faintsimmer
Director
Sergei Prokofiev
Original Music Composer
Arkadi Koltsaty
Director of Photography
Yury Tynyanov
Writer
A. Setsko
Editor
I. Rummel
Producer
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