The Inspector-General Explained

The Inspector-General
Native Name:	Russian: Ревизор
Director:	Vladimir Petrov
Music:	Nikolai Timofeyev
Cinematography:	Yuri Yekelchik
Country:	Soviet Union

The Inspector-General (Russian: Ревизор) is a 1952 Soviet crime comedy film directed by Vladimir Petrov.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Plot

The film is based on the play The Government Inspector by Nikolay Gogol.

Starring

• Igor Gorbachyov^[4] as Ivan Alexandrovich Khlestakov, the 'inspector general' (as I. Gorbachev)
• Yuriy Tolubeev as Mayor Anton Antonovich Skvoznik-Dmukhanovsky
• Anastasiya Georgievskaya as Mme. Anna Andreyevna Skvoznik-Dmukhanoskaya (as Anastasiya Georgiyevskaya)
• Tamara Nosova as Maria Antonovna Skvoznik-Dmukhanovskaya
• Aleksandr Polinsky as Pyotr Ivanovich Dobchinsky
• Vasiliy Kornukov as Pyotr Ivanovich Bobchinsky (as V. Kornukov)
• Sergei Blinnikov as Judge Ammos Fyodorovich Lyapkin-Tyapkin
• Mikhail Yanshin as Commissioner of Charities Artemy Filippovich Zemlyanika
• Erast Garin as Postmaster Ivan Kuzmich Shepkin
• Pavel Pavlenko as School Supt. Luka Lukich Khlopov (as P. Pavlenko)
• A. Guzeyev as Dr. Christian Ivanovich Hubner
• Aleksey Gribov as Osip
• Elena Ponsova as Ivanova, a sergeant's widow (as E. Ponsova)
• N. Timyakov as A Merchant
• Anastasiya Zueva as Fevonya Poshlyopkina (as A. Zuyeva)
• Vladimir Yershov as Gendarme (uncredited)^[5]

Notes and References

1. https://rg.ru/2016/05/19/reg-cfo/v-kostrome-otkryvaetsia-vystavka-o-tajnah-kinematografa.html В Костроме откроют тайны кинематографа
2. http://piterets.ru/kultura/13550-kinoteatr-rodina-priglashaet-na-prosmotr-sovetskih-kinoshedevrov.html Кинотеатр «Родина» приглашает на просмотр советских киношедевров
3. https://www.perm.kp.ru/daily/24072.5/310039/ Невероятный Гоголь
4. http://www.teatral-online.ru/news/19845/ В «Александринке» отметят юбилей Горбачева
5. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045084/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm Ревизор (1952) Full Cast & Crew