The Inspector General (1933 film) explained
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]
The film's sets were designed by the art director Štěpán Kopecký. It was shot in studios in Prague.
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
Bibliography
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
Notes and References
- Web site: Revizor . 24 January 2011 . csfd.cz.
- Goble p.928
- Book: Liehm, Antonín. Closely Watched Films: The Czechoslovak Experience. 1974. Routledge.
