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Lieutenant Kizhe (1934)

1h 23m

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Lieutenant Kizhe (1934)

Name: Lieutenant Kizhe
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Released: 1934-03-07

1h 23m

Running Time

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

Konstantin Gibshman

Court doctor

Sergei Prokofiev

Original Music Composer

Pyotr Snopkov

Art Direction

Vladimir Lepko

Count Kutaisov, zar's barber

Arkadi Koltsaty

Director of Photography

Leonid Kmit

Other Count

Yury Tynyanov

Writer

Andrei Kostrichkin

Army scribe

Media.

Details.

Release Date
March 7, 1934

Original Name
Поручик Киже

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 23m

Genres
Comedy Drama History

Last updated: 2025-04-13

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.