Lieutenant Kizhe

Name: Lieutenant Kizhe
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Released: 1934
Duration: 83 min
Cast: Mikhail Yanshin, Boris Gorin-Goryainov, Nina Shaternikova, Sofiya Magarill, Erast Garin

1934

1h 23min

Comedy

Drama

History

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Overview

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.