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Lieutenant Kizhe (1934)

★ 5.5/10 83 min Comedy, Drama, History Soviet Union Russian
Streaming: Not available

Description

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.

Top Cast

Mikhail Yanshin
Mikhail Yanshin Tsar Pavel I
Boris Gorin-Goryainov
Boris Gorin-Goryainov Count von Pahlen
Nina Shaternikova
Nina Shaternikova Princess Gagarina
Sofiya Magarill
Sofiya Magarill Princess Gagarina's companion
Erast Garin
Erast Garin Adjutant
Mikhail Rostovtsev
Mikhail Rostovtsev Fortress commandant
Leonid Kmit
Leonid Kmit Scribe
Andrei Kostrichkin
Andrei Kostrichkin Lieutenant Sinyukhaev

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