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Lieutenant Kijé (film)
''Lieutenant Kijé'' (russian: Поручик Киже, 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. Plot Set in Saint Petersburg in 1800, the film satirizes the pedantic absurdities of the rule of Emperor Paul I. His obsession with rigid drill, instant obedience and martinet discipline extends not only to his soldiers but also to his courtiers and even the servants who scrub the palace corridors. A slip of the pen by an army clerk, when drawing up a list of officers for promotion, leads to the creation of a Lieutenant Kijé. Once the document is signed by the Emperor, Kijé takes on an existence of his own. The Emperor's aide cries out when engaged ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandr Faintsimmer
Aleksandr Mikhailovich Faintsimmer (Feinzimmer, russian: Александр Михайлович Файнциммер; 31 December 1906 – 21 March 1982) was a Soviet film director. He has been cited as a filmmaker on the forefront of Russian language social thriller. His son Leonid Kvinikhidze was also a film director. Filmography * '' The Czar Wants to Sleep'' (''Poruchik Kizhe'') (1934), better known as ''Lieutenant Kijé''. Sergei Prokofiev wrote a famous instrumental piece, ''Lieutenant Kijé'', as its main theme. * '' Men of the Sea'' (''Baltiytsy'') (1938) * ''Tanker "Derbent"'' (1941) * '' Kotovsky'' (1942) * ''Naval Battalion'' (1944) * ''For Those Who Are at Sea'' (1947) * ''A Girl with a Guitar'' (1948) * ''They Have a Motherland'' (1949) * ''Konstantin Zaslonov'' (1949) * ''Aušra prie Nemuno'' (1953) * ''The Gadfly'' (1955) * ''A Girl with Guitar'' (1958) * ''Far in the West'' (1968) * ''50 to 50'' (1972) * ''Without the Right to Mistake'' (1974) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boris Gorin-Goryainov
Boris Anatolyevich Gorin-Goryainov (Russian – Борис Анатольевич Горин-Горяйнов; 6 (19) November 1883, St Petersburg – 15 April 1944, Leningrad) was a Soviet stage and film actor, theatre director and writer. He is notable for his appearances in films such as '' The Lame Gentleman'' (1929) and ''Lieutenant Kijé'' (1934). In 1935, he was made a People’s Artist of the RSFSR. He refused to join the evacuation of Leningrad during World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ... and died in 1944 in the ensuing siege. External linksIMDB [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1930s Russian-language Films
Year 193 ( CXCIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sosius and Ericius (or, less frequently, year 946 '' Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 193 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * January 1 – Year of the Five Emperors: The Roman Senate chooses Publius Helvius Pertinax, against his will, to succeed the late Commodus as Emperor. Pertinax is forced to reorganize the handling of finances, which were wrecked under Commodus, to reestablish discipline in the Roman army, and to suspend the food programs established by Trajan, provoking the ire of the Praetorian Guard. * March 28 – Pertinax is assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard, who storm the imperial palace. The Empire is auctioned o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
