A copying error by a military scribe turns the Russian words "the lieutenants, however" into what looks like "lieutenant Kijé". The Tsar reads the error, and wants to meet this (non-existent) lieutenant. The courtiers, eager to avoid the wrath of the temperamental Tsar, create a Kijé to serve as their royal scapegoat.

• Belgoskino
• Mikhail Yanshin
• Boris Gorin-Goryainov
• Nina Shaternikova
• Sofiya Magarill
• Erast Garin
• Mikhail Rostovtsev
• Leonid Kmit
• Andrei Kostrichkin