Lieutenant Kijé (1934)
Поручик Киже
A copying error by a military scribe turns the Russian words "the lieutenants, however" into what looks like "lieutenant Kijé". 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 Kijé to serve as their royal scapegoat.
- Date of release
- 1934-03-07
- TMDB
- 5.5 / 10 (10)
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, History
- Director
- Alexandr Faintsimmer
Casting
- Mikhail Yanshin — Tsar Pavel I
- Boris Gorin-Goryainov — Count von Pahlen
- Nina Shaternikova — Princess Gagarina
- Sofiya Magarill — Princess Gagarina's companion
- Erast Garin — Adjutant
- Mikhail Rostovtsev — Fortress commandant
- Leonid Kmit — Scribe
- Andrei Kostrichkin — Lieutenant Sinyukhaev
- Konstantin Gibshman — Chief physician
- Vladimir Lepko — Count Kutaysov (uncredited)
- Fedor Fedorovski — Grenadier (uncredited)
Interesting facts
Lieutenant Kijé is a 1934 Soviet comedy film directed by Aleksandr Faintsimmer and promoted by Boris Gusman, based on the novella "Lieutenant Kijé" by Yury Tynyanov. The film was released in the United States as The Czar Wants to Sleep. Sergei Prokofiev composed the score; a five-movement suite based on the score quickly became part of the international concert repertoire.
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