Lieutenant Kizhe (1934)
Original title: Поручик Киже
Lieutenant Kizhe is a 1934 Russian-language comedy movie directed by Alexandr Faintsimmer, with a running time of 1h 23m. It stars Mikhail Yanshin, Boris Gorin-Goryainov and Nina Shaternikova.
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.
Cast
- Mikhail Yanshin as Tsar Pavel I
- Boris Gorin-Goryainov as Count von Pahlen
- Nina Shaternikova as Princess Gagarina
- Sofiya Magarill as Princess Gagarina's companion
- Erast Garin as Adjutant
- Mikhail Rostovtsev as Fortress commandant
- Leonid Kmit as Scribe
- Andrei Kostrichkin as Lieutenant Sinyukhaev
- Konstantin Gibshman as Chief physician
- Vladimir Lepko as Count Kutaysov (uncredited)
- Fedor Fedorovski as Grenadier (uncredited)