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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