
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.

Mikhail Yanshin
Tsar Pavel I

Boris Gorin-Goryainov
Count von Pahlen

Nina Shaternikova
Princess Gagarina

Sofiya Magarill
Princess Gagarina's companion


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Поручик Киже
March 7, 1934
1h 23m
5.5
Alexandr Faintsimmer
Yury Tynyanov
10

Belgoskino
SU

Erast Garin
Adjutant

Mikhail Rostovtsev
Fortress commandant

Leonid Kmit
Scribe

Andrei Kostrichkin
Lieutenant Sinyukhaev

Konstantin Gibshman
Chief physician

Vladimir Lepko
Count Kutaysov (uncredited)
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