The Inspector General (1952)

6.0/10 • 132 min • Comedy

Overview

Khlestakov is a young flamboyant crook, who is broke. He finds himself in a small Russian town, where local authorities are waiting for an undercover inspector from the capital St. Petersburg. Khlestakov is mistaken for an undercover inspector, and uses the situation for taking bribes from the local governor and flirting with both his wife and daughter. He abuses the corruption and hypocrisy of the local authorities until, at the end, the real inspector shows up.

Cast

Igor Gorbachyov

Anastasiya Georgiyevskaya

Mme. Anna Andreyevna Skvoznik-Dmukhanoskaya

Tamara Nosova

Aleksandr Polinskiy

Dobchinskiy

Yuriy Tolubeev

Elena Ponsova

Ivanova

Ivan Ryzhov

Свистунов (полицейский)

Anatoliy Kubatskiy

слуга трактирный

Anna Zarzhitskaya

Korobkina

Vladimir Uralskiy

Merchant

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