May Nights (Russian: Майская ночь, или Утопленница , "Maiskaya noch, ili utoplennitsa " ) is a 1952 Soviet comedy film directed by Aleksandr Rou and starring Nikolai Dosenko, Tatyana Konyukhova and Aleksandr Khvylya.
 It is based on Nikolai Gogol's "May Night, or the Drowned Maiden" and the subsequent opera version by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.
Krechinsky's Wedding (Russian: Свадьба Кречинского , "Svadba Krechinskogo " ) is a 1953 Soviet comedy film directed by Vasili Vanin and Aleksey Zolotnitskiy.
 It is based on the play of the same name by Aleksandr Sukhovo-Kobylin.
Men of the Sea (Russian: Балтийцы , "Baltiytsy " ) is a 1938 Soviet war film directed by Aleksandr Faintsimmer.
 The film is about the heroic feat of the Kronstadt sailors, defending against the approaches of the revolutionaries from Petrograd during the Russian Civil War.
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 Two and died in 1944 in the ensuing siege.
The Four Visits of Samuel Wolfe (Russian: Четыре визита Самюэля Вульфа , "Chetyre visita Samuelya Vulfa " ) is a 1934 Soviet drama film directed by Aleksandr Stolper.
Gentlemen of Fortune (Russian: Джентльмены удачи , "Dzhentlmeny udachi " ) is a 1971 Soviet comedy film, filmed at Mosfilm and directed by Aleksandr Seryj.
 The stars of the film include famous Soviet actors such as Savely Kramarov, Yevgeny Leonov, Georgy Vitsin, and Radner Muratov.
Yury Nikolaevich Tynyanov (Russian: Ю́рий Никола́евич Тыня́нов ; ] ; October 18, 1894 – December 20, 1943) was a Soviet writer, literary critic, translator, scholar and screenwriter.
 He was an authority on Pushkin and an important member of the Russian Formalist school.
Sergei Prokofiev's Lieutenant Kijé (Russian: Поручик Киже , "Poruchik Kizhe") music was originally written to accompany the film of the same name, produced by the Belgoskino film studios in Leningrad in 1933–34 and released in March 1934.
 It was Prokofiev's first attempt at film music, and his first commission from within the Soviet Union; he had lived abroad since the 1917 October Revolution.
 After the film's release, Prokofiev adapted the music into what became a popular orchestral suite, his Op.
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Wolves and Sheep (Russian: Волки и овцы , "Volki i ovtsy " ) is a 1953 Soviet comedy film directed by Vladimir Sukhobokov and starring Vera Pashennaya, Igor Ilyinsky and Tatyana Yeremeyeva.
 It is based on the 1875 play "Wolves and Sheep" by  Aleksandr Ostrovskiy.
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.

Question: Lieutenant Kijé, is a 1934 Soviet comedy film directed by Aleksandr Faintsimmer, based on the novella "Lieutenant Kijé" by which Soviet writer, literary critic, translator, scholar and screenwriter?
Answer: Yury Tynyanov