Lieutenant Kizhe (1934)
1h 23m
Running Time
March 7, 1934Release Date
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.
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Cast & Crew.
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
Alexandr Faintsimmer
Director
Sergei Prokofiev
Original Music Composer
Konstantin Gibshman
Court doctor
Arkadi Koltsaty
Director of Photography
Vladimir Lepko
Count Kutaisov, zar's barber
Yury Tynyanov
Writer / Book
Leonid Kmit
Other Count
Andrei Kostrichkin
Army scribe
Pyotr Snopkov
Production Design
Konstantin Kartashev
Production Design
Vladislav Glinka
Script Consultant
Yuzef Krinkin
Script Consultant
Anton Andzhan
Makeup & Hair
Vladimir Stradin
Camera Operator
Mariya Itina
Assistant Director
A. Setsko
Editor
N. Shlikhting
First Assistant Director
G. Shilnikov
First Assistant Director
Media.
Details.
Release DateMarch 7, 1934
Original NameПоручик Киже
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 23m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
bureaucracy
soviet union
Wiki.
Lieutenant Kijé (Russian: Поручик Киже, romanized: Poruchik Kizhe) is a 1934 Soviet comedy film directed by Aleksandr Faintsimmer and promoted by Boris Gusman, based on the novella "Lieutenant Kijé" by Yury Tynyanov. The film was released in the United States as The Czar Wants to Sleep. Sergei Prokofiev composed the score; a five-movement suite based on the score quickly became part of the international concert repertoire.
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