The Inspector General
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Vlasta Burian appears in a town of Czarist Russia impersonating an Inspector General, and he is entertained lavishly by the local political-hacks and peasants seeking his favor for whatever they are advocating or need fixed. Burain is involved in a series of comical situations as he takes everything he can gets his hands on while the peasants, who must plead for the betterment of their conditions, are left on the outside-looking-in. He makes his escape just as the real Inspector General is set to appear, but those-in-need will be no better off when the real McCoy shows up then they were with Burian.
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Shot by Jan StallichScored by Jara Benes
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17 unique people credited
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Vlasta Burian
as Ivan Alexandrovic Chlestakov
Jaroslav Marvan
as Mayor Anton Antonovich Skvoznik-Dmukhanovsky
Vaclav Tregl
as Servant Josef
Josef Vosalik
as Pyotr Ivanovich Bobsinsky
Alois Dvorsky
as Pyotr Ivanovich Dobsinsky
Josef Rovensky
as Postmaster Ivan Kuzmich Shpekin
Frantisek Cerny
as The Innkeeper
Theodor Pistek
as Judge Amos Fyodorovich Lyapkin-Tyapkin
Frantisek Hlavaty
as School Commissioner
Frantisek Kreuzmann
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