Lieutenant Kijé (film)
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Lieutenant Kijé is a 1934 Soviet
comedy film
directed by Aleksandr Faintsimmer
based on the novel of the same title by Yury Tynyanov
. The film was released in the USA as The Czar Wants to Sleep.
Sergei Prokofiev
composed the score.
Cinema of the Soviet Union
The cinema of the Soviet Union, not to be confused with "Cinema of Russia" despite Russian language films being predominant in both genres, includes several film contributions of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union reflecting elements of their pre-Soviet culture, language and history,...
comedy film
Film
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directed by Aleksandr Faintsimmer
Aleksandr Faintsimmer
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based on the novel of the same title by Yury Tynyanov
Yury Tynyanov
Yury Nikolaevich Tynyanov was a famous Soviet/Russian writer, literary critic, translator, scholar and screenwriter. He was an authority on Pushkin and an important member of the Russian Formalist school.-Life and work:...
. The film was released in the USA as The Czar Wants to Sleep.
Sergei Prokofiev
Sergei Prokofiev
Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev was a Russian composer, pianist and conductor who mastered numerous musical genres and is regarded as one of the major composers of the 20th century...
composed the score.
Cast
- Mikhail Yanshin as Tsar Pavel IPaul I of RussiaPaul I was the Emperor of Russia between 1796 and 1801. He also was the 72nd Prince and Grand Master of the Order of Malta .-Childhood:...
- Boris Gorin-Goryainov as Count von Pahlen
- Nina Shaternikova as Princess Gagarina
- Sofiya Magarill as Princess Gagarina's companion
- Erast GarinErast GarinErast Pavlovich Garin was, together with Igor Ilyinsky and Sergey Martinson, one of the leading comic actors of Vsevolod Meyerhold's company and of the Soviet cinema. He was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1977....
as Adjutant Koblukov - Mikhail Rostovtsev as Fortress commandant
- Leonid Kmit as Army scribe (uncredited)
- Andrei KostrichkinAndrei KostrichkinAndrei Aleksandrovich Kostrichkin was a Soviet actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1925 and 1971.-Selected filmography:* Mishki versus Yudenich * The Devil's Wheel * The Overcoat...
as Lieutenant Sinyukhaev (uncredited)