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Poruchik Kizhe

Poruchik Kizhe (1934)

Fantasy | 82 minutes
2,50 2 votes

Genre: Fantasy

Duration: 82 minuten

Alternative titles: The Czar Wants to Sleep / Lieutenant Kije / Поручик Киже

Country: Soviet Union

Directed by: Aleksandr Faintsimmer

Stars: Mikhail Yanshin, Nina Shaternikova and Erast Garin

IMDb score: 6,3 (165)

Releasedate: 7 March 1934

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Poruchik Kizhe plot

Lieutenant Kije is best known in the music world for Sergey Prokofiev's Suite and is based on the book by Yuri Tynyanov. The film is set during the regime of the frivolous Tsar Paul I. Problems arise when a maid's scream wakes the Tsar from his sleep. To save the maid, they blame a made-up member of the military staff. The evil Tsar decides to banish this fictional officer to Siberia. He later reconsiders and appoints the ghost soldier as commander-in-chief of the army.

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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

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Lieutenant Kizhe / Lieutenant Kije / Поручик Киже

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