The Inspector General (1952) — comedy film. Directed by Vladimir Petrov. Starring Igor Gorbachyov, Anastasiya Georgiyevskaya, Tamara Nosova, Aleksandr Polinskiy.
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A satirical tale of bureaucratic corruption and mistaken identity in a provincial Russian town.
Comedy · 6/10 · 132 min · 1952
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.
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