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Lieutenant Kizhe

Alexandr Faintsimmer

1934 • 1h 23m

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) lieuten...

Lieutenant Kizhe

Cast

Mikhail Yanshin

Mikhail YanshinTsar Pavel I

Boris Gorin-Goryainov

Boris Gorin-GoryainovCount von Pahlen

Nina Shaternikova

Nina ShaternikovaPrincess Gagarina

Sofiya Magarill

Sofiya MagarillPrincess Gagarina's companion

Erast Garin

Erast GarinAdjutant

Mikhail Rostovtsev

Mikhail RostovtsevFortress commandant

Leonid Kmit

Leonid KmitScribe

Andrei Kostrichkin

Andrei KostrichkinLieutenant Sinyukhaev

Konstantin GibshmanChief physician

Vladimir Lepko

Vladimir LepkoCount Kutaysov (uncredited)

Fedor Fedorovski

Fedor FedorovskiGrenadier (uncredited)

Crew

Alexandr Faintsimmer

Alexandr FaintsimmerDirector

Sergei Prokofiev

Sergei ProkofievOriginal Music Composer

Arkadi Koltsaty

Arkadi KoltsatyDirector of Photography

Yury Tynyanov

Yury TynyanovWriter

Vladislav Glinka

Vladislav GlinkaScript Consultant

Anton Andzhan

Anton AndzhanMakeup & Hair

Isaak Dunayevsky

Isaak DunayevskyConductor

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