Lieutenant Kijé
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.
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1934 Russian film with music by Prokofiev, English subtitles added. [subtitles updated 6/20/08]
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- Director
- Alexandr Faintsimmer
- Starring
- Mikhail Yanshin, Boris Gorin-Goryainov, Nina Shaternikova, Sofiya Magarill, Erast Garin, Mikhail Rostovtsev, Leonid Kmit, Andrei Kostrichkin
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