Lieutenant Kijé

Lieutenant Kijé — Plot

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.

• Release date
• March 7, 1934
• Runtime
• 83 min
• Genres
• Comedy, Drama, History
• Director
• Alexandr Faintsimmer

Lieutenant Kijé — 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