Directed by:
Martin FričCinematography:
Jan StallichComposer:
Jára BenešCast:
Vlasta Burian, Václav Trégl, Jaroslav Marvan, Zdeňka Baldová, Truda Grosslichtová, Theodor Pištěk, Václav Menger, František Hlavatý, Josef Rovenský (more)Plots(1)
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. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Vlasta Burian
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
He Stood at the Till (1939)
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Václav Trégl
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
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Jaroslav Marvan
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Best movies:
Zdeňka Baldová
Austria-Hungary
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Truda Grosslichtová
Austria-Hungary
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The Inspector General (1933)
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Theodor Pištěk
Austria-Hungary
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Václav Menger
Austria-Hungary
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František Hlavatý
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Josef Rovenský
Austria-Hungary
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Josef Vošalík
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Alois Dvorský
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Jan Marek
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Tonka Šibenice (francouzská verze) (1930)
František Černý
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Ferdinand Jarkovský
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Josef Gruss
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Marie Holanová
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Jan W. Speerger
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Ella Nollová
Austria-Hungary
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Eman Fiala
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Josef Waltner
Austria-Hungary
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