The Inspector General (1933 film)

The Inspector General (Czech: Revizor) is a 1933 Czech historical comedy film directed by Martin Frič and starring Vlasta Burian, Jaroslav Marvan and Václav Trégl.^[1] It is an adaptation of the 1836 play The Inspector General by Nikolai Gogol.^[2] The director Martin Frič considered it one of his best movies.^[3]

Revizor
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Directed by	Martin Frič
Screenplay by	Václav Menger Prof. Mathesius V. Solin
Based on	The Inspector General 1836 play by Nikolai Gogol
Starring	Vlasta Burian Jaroslav Marvan Václav Trégl
Cinematography	Jan Stallich
Edited by	Martin Frič
Music by	Jára Beneš
Production company	Meissner Film Prague
Release date	29 September 1933 (1933-09-29)
Running time	64 minutes
Country	Czechoslovakia
Language	Czech

The film's sets were designed by the art director Štěpán Kopecký. It was shot in studios in Prague.

Plot summary

Cast

• Vlasta Burian as Ivan Alexandrovic Chlestakov
• Jaroslav Marvan as Mayor Anton Antonovich Skvoznik-Dmukhanovsky
• Václav Trégl as Servant Josef
• Josef Vošalík as Pyotr Ivanovich Bobchinsky
• Alois Dvorský as Pyotr Ivanovich Dobchinsky
• Josef Rovenský as Postmaster Ivan Kuzmich Shpekin
• Frantisek Cerný as The Innkeeper
• Theodor Pištěk as Judge Amos Fyodorovich Lyapkin-Tyapkin
• Frantisek Hlavatý as School Commissioner
• Zdeňka Baldová as Anna Andreyevna Skvoznik-Dmukhanovskaya
• Ella Nollová as Prayer
• Josef Gruss as Mayor's servant
• Ferdinand Jarkovský as Waiter
• Eman Fiala as Greengrocer
• Jan Marek as Teacher
• Jan W. Speerger as Chief of Police
• Václav Menger as School guardian Chlopov
• Truda Grosslichtová as Maria Antonovna Skvoznik-Dmukhanovskaya

See also

• The Inspector General (1949 film)