Lieutenant Kizhe

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.

Cast

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

K

Konstantin Gibshman

Chief physician

Vladimir Lepko

Count Kutaysov (uncredited)

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