Poruchik Kizhe 1934

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 

• Lieutenant Kizhe
• O Tenente Kijé
• The Czar Wants to Sleep