Under what title did the film Lieutenant Kijé based on the novella by Yury Nikolaevich Tynyanov release under in the US?
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.
Dead Souls (opera) Dead Souls («Мёртвые души») is a 1976 Russian-language opera in three acts by Rodion Shchedrin based on the verse-novel "Dead Souls" by Gogol, to a libretto by the composer. It was premiered at the Kirov in 1977, and overseas in Boston in 1988.