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The Inspector General

Original title: Revizor
  • 19331933
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 11m
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The Inspector General (1933)
Comedy
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 ... Read allVlasta 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... Read allVlasta 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 b... Read all
IMDb RATING
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    • Martin Fric
  • Writers
    • Nikolay Gogol(play)
    • Prof. Mathesius(screenplay)
    • Václav Menger(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Vlasta Burian
    • Jaroslav Marvan
    • Václav Trégl
    • Martin Fric
  • Writers
    • Nikolay Gogol(play)
    • Prof. Mathesius(screenplay)
    • Václav Menger(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Vlasta Burian
    • Jaroslav Marvan
    • Václav Trégl
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    • 1Critic review
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    Vlasta Burian
    Vlasta Burian
    • Ivan Alexandrovic Chlestakov
    Jaroslav Marvan
    Jaroslav Marvan
    • Mayor Anton Antonovich Skvoznik-Dmukhanovsky
    Václav Trégl
    Václav Trégl
    • Servant Josef
    Josef Vosalík
    • Pyotr Ivanovich Bobsinsky
    Alois Dvorský
    • Pyotr Ivanovich Dobsinsky
    Josef Rovenský
    • Postmaster Ivan Kuzmich Shpekin
    Frantisek Cerný
    Frantisek Cerný
    • The Innkeeper
    Theodor Pistek
    Theodor Pistek
    • Judge Amos Fyodorovich Lyapkin-Tyapkin
    Frantisek Hlavatý
    • School Commissioner
    Frantisek Kreuzmann
    Frantisek Kreuzmann
    Zdenka Baldová
    Zdenka Baldová
    • Mme. Anna Andreyevna Skvoznik-Dmukhanovskaya
    Ella Nollová
    Ella Nollová
    • Prayer
    Josef Gruss
    • Mayor's servant
    Ferdinand Jarkovský
    • Waiter
    Eman Fiala
    Eman Fiala
    • Greengrocer
    Jan Marek
    • Teacher
    Jan W. Speerger
    • Chief of Police
    Václav Menger
    • School guardian Chlopov
      • Martin Fric
    • Writers
      • Nikolay Gogol(play)
      • Prof. Mathesius(screenplay)
      • Václav Menger(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      The play by Nikolai Vassilievitch Gogol was presented in a repertory company at the Majestic Theater beginning on February 16, 1935.
    • Connections
      Edited into Muz, ktery rozdaval smich (1971)
    • Soundtracks
      To u nás v Petrohrade
      Lyrics by Jaroslav Mottl (as Jarka Mottl)

      Music by Jára Benes

      Sung by Vlasta Burian

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    Banned in Germany and Austria, but okay in Peoria and Podunk. Figures.
    An adaptation of the book/play---"Revizor"--- written by Nikolai Gogol, in 1836, which was a sharp satirical indictment of the Czarist regime, which blasted open the abuses, political vices and bribery that were rampant in the country.

    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 make please for the betterment of their conditions, are left out 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.

    In the 1949 version from Warners, with Danny Kaye in the role played by Vlasta Burian, put him in the position through a comedy-of-errors and, unlike, Burian, Kaye had no intent-to-defraud.

    The US release of this 1933 film wasn't until 1937 when it played at the Squire Theatre in NYC, with Czech dialogue and English sub-titles.
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      • November 24, 1937 (United States)
      • Czechoslovakia
      • Czech
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      • Meissner Film Prague
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    • 1 hour 11 minutes
      • Black and White

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