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Lieutenant Kizhe

Lieutenant Kizhe

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5.5 (10) ·1934 ·83 min ·Movie
Comedy Drama History

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.

Top Cast

Mikhail Yanshin
Mikhail Yanshin
Tsar Pavel I
Boris Gorin-Goryainov
Boris Gorin-Goryainov
Count von Pahlen
Nina Shaternikova
Nina Shaternikova
Princess Gagarina
Sofiya Magarill
Sofiya Magarill
Princess Gagarina's companion
Erast Garin
Erast Garin
Adjutant
Mikhail Rostovtsev
Mikhail Rostovtsev
Fortress commandant
Leonid Kmit
Leonid Kmit
Scribe
Andrei Kostrichkin
Andrei Kostrichkin
Lieutenant Sinyukhaev
Konstantin Gibshman
Chief physician
Vladimir Lepko
Vladimir Lepko
Count Kutaysov (uncredited)

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