The Inspector General

The Inspector General — Plot

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.

• Release date
• December 1, 1952
• Runtime
• 132 min
• Genres
• Comedy
• Director
• Vladimir Petrov

The Inspector General — 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