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Poruchik Kizhe), originally Kizh (Киж), is a fictional character in an anecdote about the reign of Emperor Paul I of Russia, in which the cover up of a transcription error leads to the creation of a fictional soldier, Kijé, and his rise through the ranks.
Lieutenant Kijé (Russian: Поручик Киже, romanized: Poruchik Kizhe) is a 1934 Soviet comedy film directed by Aleksandr Faintsimmer and promoted by Boris Gusman, based on the novella "Lieutenant Kijé" by Yury Tynyanov. The film was released in the United States as The Czar Wants to Sleep.
1934 directed by Aleksandr Faintsimmer starring Mikhail Yanshin as the Czar, Nina Shaternikova as Princess Gagerina, Boris Gorin-Goryainov as Count von Pahlen, Erast Garin as the Adjutant and...
- 83 min
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- UnderbluesFilmVault
Comedy Drama. A sarcastic comedy about the Imperial Russian bureaucracy, based on the eponymous novella by Yuri Tynyanov. Set in the reign of Emperor Paul I. A copying error by a military scribe turns the Russian words for "the lieutenants, however" into what looks like "lieutenant Kizhe".
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- Comedy, Drama
- Aleksandr Faintsimmer
- 1934-12-09
Dec 31, 2014 · Lieutenant Kizhe. 1934 Russian film with music by Prokofiev, English subtitles added. [subtitles updated 6/20/08]
- 82 min
1934 Russian film with music by Prokofiev. English language subtitles available: click on CC if necessary to see them. Note: no sound at all (except static...
- 82 min
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- KizheKino
Oct 4, 2010 · This is a delightful comedy about a fictional Lt. Kizhe who came about because of a scribe’s copying mistake. The officials were afraid to embarrass the Czar, so they created a fictional Kizhe who served as a convenient scapegoat.
