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.
Directed by Alexandr Faintsimmer
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FeaturetteLieutenant Kizhe / Lieutenant Kije / Поручик Киже
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Mikhail Yanshin
Tsar Pavel I

Boris Gorin-Goryainov
Count von Pahlen

Nina Shaternikova
Princess Gagarina

Sofiya Magarill
Princess Gagarina's companion

Erast Garin
Adjutant

Mikhail Rostovtsev
Fortress commandant

Leonid Kmit
Scribe

Andrei Kostrichkin
Lieutenant Sinyukhaev
Konstantin Gibshman
Chief physician

Vladimir Lepko
Count Kutaysov (uncredited)

Fedor Fedorovski
Grenadier (uncredited)
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