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Lieutenant Kizhe (1934)

Lieutenant Kizhe (1934)

Drama Comedy History
Release Date: 1934, March 7
Directors: Alexandr Faintsimmer
Countries: Soviet Union
Production: Belgoskino
Cast: Mikhail Yanshin, Erast Garin, Nina Shaternikova, Andrei Kostrichkin, Leonid Kmit, Vladimir Lepko, Mikhail Rostovtsev, Fedor Fedorovski, Sofiya Magarill, Konstantin Gibshman, Boris Gorin-Goryainov

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.

Keywords:

soviet union bureaucracy