Premiere of Lieutenant Kijé

Date: December 21, 1934 • Location: Rome, Italy

Lieutenant Kijé, the first film composition by Sergei Prokofiev (pictured), premiered.

Sergei Prokofiev's Lieutenant Kijé 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.