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The Czar Wants to Sleep (1934)
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87 min | Comedy, Drama

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The Czar Wants to Sleep (1934)

Not Rated

87 min | Comedy, Drama

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" ...See moreA 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". Written by Steve Shelokhonov, rev. by Skripach See less

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10 cast members

Name	Known for
Mikhail Yanshin Tsar Pavel I Tsar Pavel I See fewer	Shkola zlosloviya (1952)
Boris Gorin-Goryainov Count von Pahlen Count von Pahlen See fewer	Khromoy barin (1929)
Nina Shaternikova Princess Gagarina Princess Gagarina See fewer	This Is How Mayakovsky Began (1958)
Sofiya Magarill Princess Gagarina's companion Princess Gagarina's companion See fewer	Maskarad (1941)
Erast Garin Adjutant Adjutant See fewer	Cinderella (1947)
Mikhail Rostovtsev Fortress commandant Fortress commandant See fewer	Devushka speshit na svidanie (1936)
Konstantin Gibshman Court doctor Court doctor See fewer	Zolotoy klyuv (1929)
Vladimir Lepko Count Kutaisov, zar's barber Count Kutaisov, zar's barber See fewer	Prestuplenie i nakazanie (1940)
Leonid Kmit Other Count (uncredited) Other Count (uncredited) See fewer	Meksikanets (1956)
Andrei Kostrichkin Army scribe (uncredited) Army scribe (uncredited) See fewer	The Overcoat (1926)