Lieutenant Kizhe
IMDB:
5.2
Released
3/7/1934
Duration
1h 23m
Genre
Comedy, Drama, History
Country
Soviet Union
Cast
Mikhail Yanshin, Boris Gorin-Goryainov, Nina Shaternikova
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.
Lieutenant Kizhe
IMDB:
5.2Released
3/7/1934
Genre
Comedy, Drama, History
Cast
Mikhail Yanshin, Boris Gorin-Goryainov, Nina Shaternikova
Duration
1h 23m
Country
Soviet Union
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.
Cast
Tsar Pavel I
Mikhail Yanshin
Count von Pahlen
Boris Gorin-Goryainov
Princess Gagarina
Nina Shaternikova
Princess Gagarina's companion
Sofiya Magarill
Adjutant
Erast Garin
Fortress commandant
Mikhail Rostovtsev
Scribe
Leonid Kmit
Lieutenant Sinyukhaev
Andrei Kostrichkin
Chief physician
Konstantin Gibshman
Count Kutaysov (uncredited)
Vladimir Lepko
Grenadier (uncredited)
