Lieutenant Kizhe

Name: Lieutenant Kizhe
Director: Alexandr Faintsimmer
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Released: 1934-03-07
Duration: 1 h 23 min
Rating: 5.5
Cast: Mikhail Yanshin, Boris Gorin-Goryainov, Nina Shaternikova, Sofiya Magarill, Erast Garin

1934

1h 23m

Comedy Drama History

Director: Alexandr Faintsimmer

Writer: Yury Tynyanov

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.