''The Inspector General'' (Czech: ''Revizor'') is a 1933 Czech

historical History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well ...

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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, Fri ...

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 Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol; uk, link=no, Мико́ла Васи́льович Го́голь, translit=Mykola Vasyliovych Hohol; (russian: Яновский; uk, Яновський, translit=Yanovskyi) ( – ) was a Russian novelist, ...

. The director Martin Frič considered it one of his best movies. The film's sets were designed by the

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Štěpán Kopecký. It was shot in studios in

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as Ivan Alexandrovic Chlestakov *

as Mayor Anton Antonovich Skvoznik-Dmukhanovsky *

as Servant Josef *

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as Pyotr Ivanovich Bobchinsky *

Alois Dvorský Alois (Latinized ''Aloysius'') is an Old Occitan form of the name Louis. Modern variants include ''Aloïs'' ( French), ''Aloys'' (German), ''Alois'' (Czech), '' Alojz'' ( Slovak, Slovenian), '' Alojzy'' (Polish), '' Aloísio'' (Portuguese, Spani ...

as Pyotr Ivanovich Dobchinsky *

Josef Rovenský Josef Rovenský (17 April 1894 – 5 November 1937) was a Czech-Jewish Siegbert Salomon Prawer, ''Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933'', Berghahn Books (2007), p. 213 film actor and director. He app ...

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 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 *

Ella Nollová Ella may refer to: * Ella (name), most often a feminine given name, but also used as a surname Places United States * Ella, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * Ella, Oregon, an unincorporated community * Ella, Pennsylvania, an unincorporate ...

as Prayer * Josef Gruss as Mayor's servant *

Ferdinand Jarkovský Ferdinand is a Germanic name composed of the elements "protection", "peace" (PIE "to love, to make peace") or alternatively "journey, travel", Proto-Germanic , abstract noun from root "to fare, travel" (PIE , "to lead, pass over"), and "co ...

as Waiter * Eman Fiala as Greengrocer * Jan Marek as Teacher * Jan W. Speerger as Chief of Police *

Václav Menger Václav () is a Czech male first Slavic names, name of Slavic origin, sometimes translated into English as Wenceslaus or Wenceslas. These forms are derived from the old Slavic/Czech form of this name: Venceslav. Nicknames are: Vašek, Vašík, Venc ...

as School guardian Chlopov *

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

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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 {{1930s-comedy-film-stub

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