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Lieutenant Kijé

Director
Alexandr Faintsimmer
Year
1934
Runtime
1h 23m
Release
1934
Language
ru
Country
SU

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01 · Overview

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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.

  • #soviet union
  • #bureaucracy

  • Directed by

    Alexandr Faintsimmer

  • Written by

    Yury Tynyanov

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