Lieutenant Kijé (1934)

Original title

Поручик Киже

Directed by

Aleksandr Faintsimmer

Genre

comedy drama, historical film, satirical film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 38m

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A clerical error creates a fictional officer in the Russian imperial army. The court and emperor go along with the nonexistent man's life and promotions.

absurdsatiricalwhimsicalbureaucraticcomichistoricalfarce

What happens

Lieutenant Kijé (Russian: Поручик Киже, romanized: Poruchik Kizhe) is a 1934 Soviet comedy film directed by Aleksandr Faintsimmer and promoted by Boris Gusman, based on the novella "Lieutenant Kijé" by Yury Tynyanov. The film was released in the United States as The Czar Wants to Sleep. Sergei Prokofiev composed the score; a five-movement suite based on the score quickly became part of the international concert repertoire. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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