The read
It runs a compact 1h 12m.
Synopsis
Vlasta Burian appears in a town of Czarist Russia impersonating an Inspector General, and he is entertained lavishly by the local political-hacks and peasants seeking his favor for whatever they are advocating or need fixed. Burain is involved in a series of comical situations as he takes everything he can gets his hands on while the peasants, who must plead for the betterment of their conditions, are left on the outside-looking-in. He makes his escape just as the real Inspector General is set to appear, but those-in-need will be no better off when the real McCoy shows up then they were with Burian.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
10 audience votes
Key crew
- Jára BenešOriginal Music Composer
- Martin FričDirector
- Václav WassermanScreenplay
- Václav MengerScreenplay
Cast
- Vlasta Burianúředník z Petrohradu Ivan Alexandrovič Chlestakov a falešný revizor
- Václav TréglChlestakovův sluha
- Jaroslav Marvanhejtman Anton Skvoznik Dmuchanovský
- Zdeňka Baldováhejtmanova žena Anna Andrejevna
- Truda Grosslichtováhejtmanova dcera Marie
- Theodor Pištěksoudce Lapkin Ťapkin
- Václav Mengerškolní dozorce Chlopov
- František Hlavatýdozorce dobročinného ústavu Zemljanika
- Josef Rovenskýpoštmistr Špekin
- Josef Vošalíkstatkář Petr Ivanovič Bobčinský
- Alois Dvorskýstatkář Petr Ivanovič Dobšinský
- František Černýhostinský
Themes
based on play or musical19th century