Film
Lieutenant Kijé
1934Directed by Alexandr Faintsimmer
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- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
About Lieutenant Kijé
- Comedy
- Drama
- History
Synopsis
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.
- Director
- Alexandr Faintsimmer
- Writers
- Yury Tynyanov
- Vladislav Glinka
- Yuzef Krinkin
- Original title
- Поручик Киже
