Lieutenant Kijé
1934, Russian. Directed by Alexandr Faintsimmer.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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Cast & crew
- Alexandr FaintsimmerDirector
- Mikhail YanshinTsar Pavel I
- Boris Gorin-GoryainovCount von Pahlen
- Nina ShaternikovaPrincess Gagarina
- Sofiya MagarillPrincess Gagarina's companion
- Erast GarinAdjutant
- Mikhail RostovtsevFortress commandant
- Leonid KmitScribe
- Andrei KostrichkinLieutenant Sinyukhaev
- Konstantin GibshmanChief physician
- Vladimir LepkoCount Kutaysov (uncredited)
- Fedor FedorovskiGrenadier (uncredited)
Details
- Released
- 7 March 1934
- Original title
- Поручик Киже
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Yury Tynyanov
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Lieutenant Kijé isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 7 March 1934. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Lieutenant Kijé (1934) was directed by Alexandr Faintsimmer and stars Mikhail Yanshin, Boris Gorin-Goryainov, Nina Shaternikova.