The Inspector General
1952, Russian. Directed by Vladimir Petrov.
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. He abuses the corruption and hypocrisy of the local authorities until, at the end, the real inspector shows up.
- Runtime
- 2h 12m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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Cast & crew
- Vladimir PetrovDirector
- Igor GorbachyovCast
- Anastasiya GeorgiyevskayaMme. Anna Andreyevna Skvoznik-Dmukhanoskaya
- Tamara NosovaCast
- Aleksandr PolinskiyDobchinskiy
- Yuriy TolubeevCast
- Elena PonsovaIvanova
- Ivan RyzhovСвистунов (полицейский)
- Anatoliy Kubatskiyслуга трактирный
- Anna ZarzhitskayaKorobkina
- Vladimir UralskiyMerchant
- Sergey SolonitskiyCast
- Nadezhda KovalyovaCast
Details
- Released
- 1 December 1952
- Original title
- Ревизор
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Vladimir Petrov
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What The Inspector General is based on
The Inspector General is based on The Government Inspector (1836) by Nikolai Gogol.
1836
The Government Inspector
By Nikolai Gogol
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The Inspector General runs 132 minutes (2h 12m).
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The Inspector General isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 December 1952. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
What movies are like The Inspector General?
If you liked The Inspector General, try What a Mess!, Kidnapping, Caucasian Style, Maksim Perepelitsa.
Who directed The Inspector General?
The Inspector General (1952) was directed by Vladimir Petrov and stars Igor Gorbachyov, Anastasiya Georgiyevskaya, Tamara Nosova.
What is The Inspector General based on?
The Inspector General is based on The Government Inspector (1836) by Nikolai Gogol.