Lieutenant Kijé (1934)

Name: Lieutenant Kijé
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Released: 1934-03-07
Duration: 83 min
Cast: Mikhail Yanshin, Boris Gorin-Goryainov, Nina Shaternikova, Sofiya Magarill, Erast Garin

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.

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Released 1934-03-07 · 83 min · Comedy, Drama, History

Directed by Alexandr Faintsimmer

Cast

Mikhail Yanshin as Tsar Pavel I
Boris Gorin-Goryainov as Count von Pahlen
Nina Shaternikova as Princess Gagarina
Sofiya Magarill as Princess Gagarina's companion
Erast Garin as Adjutant
Mikhail Rostovtsev as Fortress commandant
Leonid Kmit as Scribe
Andrei Kostrichkin as Lieutenant Sinyukhaev
Konstantin Gibshman as Chief physician
Vladimir Lepko as Count Kutaysov (uncredited)
Fedor Fedorovski as Grenadier (uncredited)