Lieutenant Kizhe
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.
- Year: 1934
- Country: Soviet Union
- Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
- Studio: Belgoskino
- Keyword: bureaucracy, soviet union
- Director: Alexandr Faintsimmer
- Cast: Mikhail Yanshin, Boris Gorin-Goryainov, Nina Shaternikova, Sofiya Magarill, Erast Garin, Mikhail Rostovtsev