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.
Lieutenant prose Lieutenant prose (Russian: лейтенантская проза ) is the body of Russian military fiction penned by former junior officers of the Red Army who drew on their personal experiences during the World War II. In "lieutenant prose" protagonists were often (though not always) the junior officers. The war was shown without the semi-official pathos and smoothing sharp points. "Lieutenant prose" makes emphasis not on the scale of military actions, panoramic battles with many nameless faces and figures of military leaders were in the first place, but a true war hero in the foreground, an ordinary soldier from the trenches, junior officers, who ensured the victory in this war having shown the incredible courage in the most extreme situations.