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Lieutenant Kijé

5.519341h 23mMovieComedyDramaHistory

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…

DirectorAlexandr Faintsimmer
WriterYury Tynyanov
ProducerI. Rummel

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Cast · Directed by Alexandr Faintsimmer

MYMikhail Yanshin
Mikhail Yanshin
Tsar Pavel I
BGBoris Gorin-Goryainov
Boris Gorin-Goryainov
Count von Pahlen
NSNina Shaternikova
Nina Shaternikova
Princess Gagarina
SMSofiya Magarill
Sofiya Magarill
Princess Gagarina's companion
EGErast Garin
Erast Garin
Adjutant
MRMikhail Rostovtsev
Mikhail Rostovtsev
Fortress commandant
LKLeonid Kmit
Leonid Kmit
Scribe
AKAndrei Kostrichkin
Andrei Kostrichkin
Lieutenant Sinyukhaev
KG
Konstantin Gibshman
Chief physician
VLVladimir Lepko
Vladimir Lepko
Count Kutaysov (uncredited)
FFFedor Fedorovski
Fedor Fedorovski
Grenadier (uncredited)

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