Lieutenant Kijé

(1934)

★ 5.5 IMDb · 10 votes

Genres: Comedy, Drama, History

Year: 1934

Runtime: 87 мин

Country: Soviet Union

Director: Александр Файнциммер

Cast: Михаил Яншин, Boris Gorin-Goryainov, Нина Шатерникова, Софья Магарилл, Эраст Гарин, Михаил Ростовцев, Леонид Кмит, Андрей Костричкин, Константин Гибшман, Владимир Лепко

Plot

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.