Lieutenant Kijé
6.3
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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Cast
11 people
Mikhail Yanshin
Tsar Pavel I
Known for
Thumbelina
Vovka in the Kingdom of Far Far Away
Boris Gorin-Goryainov
Count von Pahlen
Also in
Defence of Sevastopol
Mittens
Nina Shaternikova
Princess Gagarina
Also in
Lace
Lermontov
Sofiya Magarill
Princess Gagarina's companion
Also in
The New Babylon
Masquerade
Erast Garin
Adjutant
Known for
Thumbelina
Gentlemen of Fortune
Mikhail Rostovtsev
Fortress commandant
Known for
Cinderella
Leonid Kmit
Scribe
Also in
Chapayev
Come Here, Mukhtar!
Andrei Kostrichkin
Lieutenant Sinyukhaev
Also in
The Overcoat
The New Babylon
Konstantin Gibshman
Chief physician
Also in
Peter the First, Part I
Peter the First, Part II
Vladimir Lepko
Count Kutaysov (uncredited)
Known for
Cipollino
Fedor Fedorovski
Grenadier (uncredited)
Also in
Courage
A Winter Morning
Alexandr Faintsimmer Director · Yury Tynyanov Writer Sergei Prokofiev Composer
United States release December 9, 1934 · Produced in Russia, Belarus · Original title Поручик Киже
Production
Belgoskino
Production
Russia · Belarus
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Languages
Original title
Поручик Киже
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · March 7, 1934
Theatrical
United States · December 9, 1934
Theatrical
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