The Czar Wants to Sleep (1934)

Name: The Czar Wants to Sleep
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: Dec 09, 1934
Cast: Mikhail Yanshin, Boris Gorin-Goryainov, Nina Shaternikova

Not Rated

87 min

Dec 09, 1934

Russian

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 courtie... Read all

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Lieutenant Kizhe / Lieutenant Kije / Поручик Киже

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The Czar Wants to Sleep (also know as Poruchik Kizhe) full movie is released on Dec 09, 1934. Watch The Czar Wants to Sleep online - the Russian Comedy movie from Soviet Union. The Czar Wants to Sleep is directed by Aleksandr Faintsimmer and created by Yuri Tynyanov with Mikhail Yanshin and Boris Gorin-Goryainov.