The Inspector-General
Released: December 1, 1952Runtime: 132 minLanguage: RU
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. Khlestakov abuses the corruption and hypocrisy of the local authorities until, at the end, the real inspector shows up...
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Igor Gorbachyov
as Ivan Alexandrovich Khlestakov, the 'inspector general'
Yuriy Tolubeev
as Mayor Anton Antonovich Skvoznik-Dmukhanovsky
Anastasiya Georgievskaya
as Mme. Anna Andreyevna Skvoznik-Dmukhanoskaya
Tamara Nosova
as Maria Antonovna Skvoznik-Dmukhanovskaya
Alexander Polinsky
as Pyotr Ivanovich Dobchinsky
Vasiliy Kornukov
as Pyotr Ivanovich Bobchinsky
Sergei Blinnikov
as Judge Ammos Fyodorovich Lyapkin-Tyapkin
Mikhail Yanshin
as Commissioner of Charities Artemy Filippovich Zemlyanika
Erast Garin
as Postmaster Ivan Kuzmich Shpekin
Pavel Pavlenko
as School Supt. Luka Lukich Khlopov
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