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Lieutenant Kizhe

  • March 1934
  • 1hr

    23mins

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • History
  • Directed by

    Alexandr Faintsimmer,

    Starring

    Mikhail Yanshin,

    Boris Gorin-Goryainov,

    Nina Shaternikova,

    Sofiya Magarill

    ...

    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.