Ivan Alexandrovich Khlestakov, a poor petty official from St Petersburg, arrives with his servant Josef in a small provincial town and takes a room on credit in a local inn. At the same time the provincial governor receives a letter announcing the imminent arrival of the inspector from St Petersburg. Khlestakov's somewhat regal conduct arouses the suspicion that he is the inspector. The governor and other dignitaries disguise the town's manifold shortcomings which they themselves have caused, through fraud and corruption, and try to bribe the purported inspector. The wily Khlestakov immediately realises the benefits of being mistaken for the inspector and does nothing to correct the misapprehension. In a letter to friends in St Petersburg he describes the gullibility and venality of the local officials, and he gives the letter to the postman. It is not until he is presented as the fiancé of the governor's daughter that he decides the time has come to go. He surreptitiously leaves the town. The nosey postman opens Khlestakov's letter and reveals the whole truth to the governor and others. They all rush to Khlestakov's room but find it empty. The frightened dignitaries then hear the news that the real inspector is about to arrive.
Ivan Alexandrovič Chlestakov, úředník z Petrohradu
Chlestakovův sluha Josef
hejtman Anton Skvoznik Dmuchanovský
hejtmanova žena Anna Andrejevna
hejtmanova dcera Marie
soudce Lapkin Ťapkin
školní dozorce Chlopov
dozorce dobročinného ústavu Zemljanika
poštmistr Špekin
statkář Petr Ivanovič Bobčinský
statkář Petr Ivanovič Dobšinský
hostinský
číšník
hejtmanův sluha
hejtmanův pobočník
prosebnice, žena poddůstojníka
zelinář
kapelník
major ve výslužbě
četník
učitel
služebná u hejtmanů
měšťan
měšťanka
měšťan
babka s kozou
zpěvačky na hostině
zpěváci na hostině
zpěvák na hostině
hlas chlapce ve třídě
Nikolaj Vasiljevič Gogol (Revizor – divadelní hra)
Willy Ströminger (fotograf)
Song Composer Jára Beneš
Writer of Lyrics Jaroslav Mottl
Singer Vlasta Burian
Song Composer Jára Beneš
Writer of Lyrics Jaroslav Mottl
Singer R. A. DvorskýMelody BoysBajo trio
Revizor
Revizor
The Inspector
film
featuretheatrical distribution
comedy, satire
Czechoslovakia
1933
1933
date of censorship 09/1933
withdrawal from distribution 11/1939
date of censorship 11/1939 (neschváleno do distribuce)
withdrawal from distribution 31 July 1993
premiere 29 September 1933 /unsuitable for youths/ (kina Adria /3 týdny/ a Hvězda /3 týdny/, Praha)
feature film
70 min
1 991 meters
35mm
1:1,19
black & white
sound
Tobis – Klang
Czech
Czech
without subtitles
Czech