''The Inspector General'' (Czech: ''Revizor'') is a 1933 Czech
historical comedy film
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directed by
Martin Frič
Martin Frič (29 March 1902 – 26 August 1968) was a Czech film director, screenwriter and actor. He had more than 100 directing credits between 1929 and 1968, including feature films, shorts and documentary films.
Throughout his life, F ...
and starring
Vlasta Burian
Josef Vlastimil Burian, better known as Vlasta Burian, (9 April 1891, in Liberec – 31 January 1962, in Prague) was an internationally renowned Czechoslovak film and stage actor, singer, comedian, footballer and film director. In the Czech Repu ...
,
Jaroslav Marvan
Jaroslav Marvan (11 December 1901 – 21 May 1974) was a Czech actor. He was born in Prague. He was married since the 1920s with Marie Marvanová and had a daughter (Alena Marvanová) with Alena Jančaříková.
He passed his school-leaving ...
and
Václav Trégl
Václav Trégl (10 December 1902 – 11 February 1979) was a Czechoslovak film actor. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1933 and 1977.
Selected filmography
* '' The Inspector General'' (1933)
* '' Workers, Let's Go'' (1934)
* ''Pos ...
.
It is an adaptation of the 1836 play ''
The Inspector General'' by
Nikolai Gogol. The director Martin Frič considered it one of his best movies.
The film's sets were designed by the
art director Štěpán Kopecký. It was shot in studios in
Prague
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.
Plot summary
Cast
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Vlasta Burian
Josef Vlastimil Burian, better known as Vlasta Burian, (9 April 1891, in Liberec – 31 January 1962, in Prague) was an internationally renowned Czechoslovak film and stage actor, singer, comedian, footballer and film director. In the Czech Repu ...
as Ivan Alexandrovic Chlestakov
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Jaroslav Marvan
Jaroslav Marvan (11 December 1901 – 21 May 1974) was a Czech actor. He was born in Prague. He was married since the 1920s with Marie Marvanová and had a daughter (Alena Marvanová) with Alena Jančaříková.
He passed his school-leaving ...
as Mayor Anton Antonovich Skvoznik-Dmukhanovsky
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Václav Trégl
Václav Trégl (10 December 1902 – 11 February 1979) was a Czechoslovak film actor. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1933 and 1977.
Selected filmography
* '' The Inspector General'' (1933)
* '' Workers, Let's Go'' (1934)
* ''Pos ...
as Servant Josef
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Josef Vošalík as Pyotr Ivanovich Bobchinsky
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Alois Dvorský
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as Pyotr Ivanovich Dobchinsky
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Josef Rovenský as Postmaster Ivan Kuzmich Shpekin
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Frantisek Cerný as The Innkeeper
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Theodor Pištěk as Judge Amos Fyodorovich Lyapkin-Tyapkin
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Frantisek Hlavatý as School Commissioner
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Zdeňka Baldová
Zdeňka Baldová, born as Zdeňka Balašová, married Hilarová (20 February 1885 – 26 September 1958) was a Czech film actress. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1921 and 1958. Baldová is buried at the Vinohrady Cemetery.
Sele ...
as Anna Andreyevna Skvoznik-Dmukhanovskaya
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Ella Nollová
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as Prayer
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Josef Gruss as Mayor's servant
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Ferdinand Jarkovský as Waiter
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Eman Fiala as Greengrocer
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Jan Marek as Teacher
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Jan W. Speerger as Chief of Police
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Václav Menger as School guardian Chlopov
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Truda Grosslichtová
Truda Grosslichtová (23 February 1912 – 8 June 1995) was a Czechoslovak film actress.
Life
Truda Grosslichtová was born Gertruda Marie Grosslichtová in Prague. She spoke Czech, German, French, English and Italian. She acted in amateur ...
as Maria Antonovna Skvoznik-Dmukhanovskaya
See also
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The Inspector General (1949 film)
''The Inspector General'' is a 1949 American Technicolor musical comedy film, suggested by the play by Nikolai Gogol. It stars Danny Kaye and was directed by Henry Koster. The film also stars Walter Slezak, Barbara Bates, and Elsa Lanchester. ...
References
Bibliography
* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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1933 films
1930s historical comedy films
Czechoslovak black-and-white films
Films based on The Government Inspector
Films directed by Martin Frič
Films shot in Prague
Films set in the 19th century
Czech historical comedy films
Czech films based on plays
Czechoslovak comedy films
1933 comedy films
1930s Czech films
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