Overview
An adaptation of the play by Ukrainian playwright Mykola Gogol, set in Tsarist Russia during the 19th century. A provincial town plagued by bribery, abuse of power, embezzlement, and other corrupt practices. One day, Mayor Skvoznik-Dmukhanovsky summons the town officials and announces that an inspector is on their way.
Cast
- Nikita Mikhalkov as Anton Antonovich Skvoznik-Dmukhanovsky, the mayor
- Marina Neyolova as Anna Andreyevna, his wife
- Anna Mikhalkova as Mariya Antonovna, their daughter
- Evgeny Mironov as Khlestakov
- Zinoviy Gerdt as Luka Lukich Khlopov, the inspector of schools
- Oleg Yankovskiy as Ammos Fedorovich Liapkin-Tiapkin, the judge
- Aleksei Zharkov as Artemiy Filippovich Zemlyanika
- Avangard Leontyev as Bobchinsky / Dobchinsky
- Armen Dzhigarkhanyan as Osip, his servant
- Pyotr Merkuryev as Khristian Ivanovich Gibner, the district doctor