Lieutenant Kizhe(1934)

Name: Lieutenant Kizhe
Director: Alexandr Faintsimmer
Released: 1934-03-07
Rating: 5.2
Cast: Mikhail Yanshin, Boris Gorin-Goryainov, Nina Shaternikova, Sofiya Magarill, Erast Garin

03/07/1934 (US)Comedy, Drama, History1h 23m

5.2

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.

Alexandr Faintsimmer

Director

Yury Tynyanov

Writer