SKU 5732 Availability LIEUTENANT KIZHE (1934) * with switchable English subtitles * Aleksandr Faintsimmer Writer: Yuri Tynyanov Stars: Mikhail Yanshin, Boris Gorin-Goryainov, Nina Shaternikova Be the first to review this product $13.99 Qty: Add to cart Email a friend Question about product? Add to wishlist DetailsExisting reviews A sarcastic comedy about the Imperial Russian bureaucracy, based on the eponymous novella by Yuri Tynyanov. Set in the reign of Emperor Paul I. A copying error by a military scribe turns the Russian words for "the lieutenants, however" into what looks like "lieutenant Kizhe". The Tsar reads the error, and wants to meet this (non-existent) Lieutenant Kizhe. His courtiers are at first too frightened to contradict the Tsar, but then the fiction turns out to be all too convenient for them. So Lieutenant Kizhe gets himself exiled to Siberia, recalled from exile, promoted, and married. He dies and receives a state funeral. In many ways, he is the most charming and lovable character in the film, even though he remains throughout the film a "confidential person, without a shape". DVD-r is in Russian with switchable English subtitles. Approx. 82 mins. See film sample for audio and video quality! Be the first to review this product Related products BABY RYAZANSKIE (Village of Sin) (1927) * wit... $13.99 BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN (1925) + MOSKVA (1927... $13.99 BED AND SOFA (1927) $13.99 BY THE LAW (1926) + MOTHER (1926) *with Englis... $13.99 DON DIEGO I PELAGEYA (1928) * with switchable... $13.99 DVA DNYA (1927) * with switchable English sub... $12.99 KOMUNARIS CHIBUKHI (The Communard’s Pipe) (192... $13.99 MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA (1929) + A 6TH PART OF... $13.99 OKTYABR (1927) & ARSENAL (1928) *with hard-... $13.99 STORM OVER ASIA (1928) * with English interti... $13.99 PROSTITUTKA (Prostitute) (1926) * with hard-en... $13.99 < > Customers who bought this item also bought LA BANDERA (Escape from Yesterday) (1935) * wi... $13.99 THE NAIL IN THE BOOT (1931) * with switchable... $13.99 THE NINTH CIRCLE (Deveti Krug) (1960) * with s... $13.99 LA GONDOLA DEL DIAVOLO (The Devil's Gondola)... $13.99 ADVANCE PATROL (1957) * with switchable Engli... $13.99 THE SNOW MAIDEN (1968) * with switchable Engl... $13.99 SAMSON (1961) * with switchable English subti... $13.99 THE CONDEMNED OF ALTONA (1962) * with switcha... $9.99 DIE SINGENDE STADT (1930) * with switchable E... $13.99 THE JOLLY FELLOWS (Vesyoloye Rebyata) (1934)... $13.99 12 DVD SET: DEUTSCHE KURZFILME 1-12 (2013) $96.99 EIN AUSGEKOCHTER JUNGE (1931) $9.99 DAS KABINETT DES DR. LARIFARI (1930) $9.99 BARON PRASIL (1961) + THE PARSONs WIDOW (1920)... $13.99 EIN LIED FÜR DICH (1933) $9.99 AUTOBUS S (1937) $9.99 SÄISON IN KAIRO (1933) * with improved pictur... $13.99 11 DVD SET: GERMAN PANORAMA 1933 - 1945 $69.99 DER VERZAUBERTE TAG (1944) * with switchable... $13.99 ZOLUSHKA (Cinderella) (1947) * with switchable... $13.99 MACISTE IN HELL (1926) * with switchable Span... $13.99 KATHARINA, DIE LETZTE (1936) * with improved... $13.99 LAND DER LIEBE (1937) $11.99 DIE ABENTEUER DES KÖNIGS PAUSOLE (1933) $9.99 VOR LIEBE WIRD GEWARNT (1937) $9.99 < > Product tags lieutenant kije (1) , the czar wants to sleep (1) , poruchik kizhe (1) , Поручик Киже (1)