Lieutenant Kizhe

Name: Lieutenant Kizhe
Cast: Mikhail Yanshin, Boris Gorin-Goryainov, Nina Shaternikova, Sofiya Magarill, Erast Garin

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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.

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Cast & Crew

Director: Alexandr FaintsimmerWriter: Yury TynyanovProducer: I. Rummel

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

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