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.
Cast
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)
Crew
Alexandr Faintsimmer
Director
Yury Tynyanov
Writer, Book
A. Setsko
Editor
Arkadi Koltsaty
Director of Photography
N. Shlikhting
First Assistant Director
G. Shilnikov
First Assistant Director
Mariya Itina
Assistant Director
I. Rummel
Producer
Pyotr Snopkov
Production Design
Konstantin Kartashev
Production Design
Vladimir Stradin
Camera Operator
Anton Andzhan
Makeup & Hair
Sergei Prokofiev
Original Music Composer
Vladislav Glinka
Script Consultant
Yuzef Krinkin
Script Consultant
Isaak Dunayevsky
Conductor
M. Minin
Administration
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