Lieutenant Kizhe (1934)
1934 · Feature film · 83 min · dir. Alexandr Faintsimmer
- Comedy
- Drama
- History
Synopsis
A copying error by a military scribe turns the Russian words "the lieutenants, however" into what looks like "lieutenant Kijé". 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 Kijé to serve as their royal scapegoat.
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Details
- Director
- Alexandr Faintsimmer
- Writer
- Yury Tynyanov
- Composer
- Sergei Prokofiev
- Cinematography
- Arkadi Koltsaty
- Studio
- Belgoskino
- Released
- 1934-03-07
- Original title
- Поручик Киже
- Running time
- 83 minutes
Cast & crew
Alexandr Faintsimmer Director
Mikhail Yanshin
Boris Gorin-Goryainov
Nina Shaternikova
Sofiya Magarill
Erast Garin
Mikhail Rostovtsev
Leonid Kmit
Andrei Kostrichkin
