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Lieutenant Kizhe

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.

Top Cast

  • Mikhail Yanshin

    Mikhail Yanshin

    Tsar Pavel I

  • Boris Gorin-Goryainov

    Boris Gorin-Goryainov

    Count von Pahlen

  • Nina Shaternikova

    Nina Shaternikova

    Princess Gagarina

  • Sofiya Magarill

    Sofiya Magarill

    Princess Gagarina's companion

  • Erast Garin

    Erast Garin

    Adjutant

  • Mikhail Rostovtsev

    Mikhail Rostovtsev

    Fortress commandant

  • Leonid Kmit

    Leonid Kmit

    Scribe

  • Andrei Kostrichkin

    Andrei Kostrichkin

    Lieutenant Sinyukhaev

  • Konstantin Gibshman

    Konstantin Gibshman

    Chief physician

Overview

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.

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