影片描写在莫斯科某杂剧剧院第十五个演出年度的最后一次演出会上，天才的讽刺喜剧演员马克西莫夫又一次表现了他的惊人的才华:他在一瞬间连续表演了几个片断，尖锐地讽刺了夸夸其谈自以为是的人、棒子式的否定一切的文艺批评家、抄袭他人作品的诗人和音乐家。剧院的节目演完之后，马克西莫夫和他的妻子演员列芙阔耶瓦匆忙地上了汽车，奔火车站去了……
A sarcastic comedy about the Russian-Soviet 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 fi...
