Complete credited cast: | |||
Igor Gorbachyov | ... | Ivan Alexandrovich Khlestakov, the 'inspector general' (as I. Gorbachev) | |
Yuriy Tolubeev | ... | Mayor Anton Antonovich Skvoznik-Dmukhanovsky | |
Anastasiya Georgievskaya | ... | Mme. Anna Andreyevna Skvoznik-Dmukhanoskaya (as Anastasiya Georgiyevskaya) | |
Tamara Nosova | ... | Maria Antonovna Skvoznik-Dmukhanovskaya | |
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Alexander Polinsky | ... | Pyotr Ivanovich Dobchinsky |
Vasiliy Kornukov | ... | Pyotr Ivanovich Bobchinsky (as V. Kornukov) | |
Sergei Blinnikov | ... | Judge Ammos Fyodorovich Lyapkin-Tyapkin | |
Mikhail Yanshin | ... | Commissioner of Charities Artemy Filippovich Zemlyanika | |
Erast Garin | ... | Postmaster Ivan Kuzmich Shpekin | |
Pavel Pavlenko | ... | School Supt. Luka Lukich Khlopov (as P. Pavlenko) | |
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A. Guzeyev | ... | Dr. Christian Ivanovich Hubner |
Aleksey Gribov | ... | Osip | |
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Elena Ponsova | ... | Ivanova, a sergeant's widow (as E. Ponsova) | |
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Nikolay Rybnikov | ... | Ivan Lazarevich Rastakovskiy |
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N. Timyakov | ... | A Merchant |
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... Written by Steve Shelokhonov