The Inspector General
7.6
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.
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Cast
13 people
Igor Gorbachyov
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Anastasiya Georgiyevskaya
Mme. Anna Andreyevna Skvoznik-Dmukhanoskaya
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Cipollino
Tamara Nosova
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Hello, I'm Your Aunt!
Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors
Aleksandr Polinskiy
Dobchinskiy
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Yuriy Tolubeev
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Hamlet
Elena Ponsova
Ivanova
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Vovka in the Kingdom of Far Far Away
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
Alexander Polinsky
Ivan Ryzhov
Свистунов (полицейский)
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The Red Snowball Tree
White Bim Black Ear
Anatoliy Kubatskiy
слуга трактирный
Known for
Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors
Father Frost
Anna Zarzhitskaya
Korobkina
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Tamilla
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Vladimir Uralskiy
Merchant
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Strike
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Sergey Solonitskiy
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Variety Stars
Vladimir Petrov Director · Nikolai Gogol Author Nikolay Timofeyev Composer
United States release May 1, 1954 · Produced in Russia, Russia · Original title Ревизор
Production
Mosfilm
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Russia · Russia
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Original title
Ревизор
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · December 1, 1952
Theatrical
United States · May 1, 1954
Theatrical
Finland
September 4, 1953 · Theatrical
XC
May 22, 1953 · Theatrical
July 29, 1953 · TV · ČST
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