The Inspector General (1933 film)

Revizor
Directed by	Martin Frič
Written by	Nikolai Gogol (play) ; Václav Menger
Starring	Vlasta Burian ; Jaroslav Marvan ; Václav Trégl
Music by	Jára Beneš
Cinematography	Jan Stallich
Edited by	Martin Frič
Production; company	Meissner Film Prague
Release date	29 September 1933;
Running time	64 minutes
Country	Czechoslovakia
Language	Czech

Last updated January 17, 2021

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]

Plot

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

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References

↑ "Revizor". csfd.cz. Retrieved 2011-01-24.
↑ Goble p.928
↑ Liehm, Antonín (1974). Closely Watched Films: The Czechoslovak Experience. Routledge.

Bibliography

Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

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[csfd.cz-1] "Revizor". csfd.cz. Retrieved 2011-01-24.

[2] Goble p.928

[3] Liehm, Antonín (1974). Closely Watched Films: The Czechoslovak Experience. Routledge.

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v t e Films directed by Martin Frič
1920s	Father Vojtech (1929) The Organist at St. Vitus' Cathedral (1929)
1930s	Vše pro lásku (1930) Poor Girl (1930) Him and His Sister (1931) The Good Soldier Schweik (1931) The Squeaker (1931) Business Under Distress (1931) Sister Angelika (1932) Wehe, wenn er losgelassen (1932) The Ringer (1932) Anton Spelec, Sharp-Shooter (1932) Life Is a Dog (1933) Public Not Admitted (1933) Pobočník Jeho Výsosti (1933) The Ideal Schoolmaster (1933) The Inspector General (1933) The Twelve Chairs (1933) The Ruined Shopkeeper (1933) Poslední muž (1934) The Little Pet (1934) His Majesty's Adjutant (1934) The Double Fiance (1934) Workers, Let's Go (1934) Jedenácté přikázání (1935) Jánošík (1935) Held einer Nacht (1935) Long Live with Dearly Departed (1935) Hrdina jedné noci (1935) Paradise Road (1936) The Seamstress (1936) Father Vojtechh (1936) Morality Above All Else (1936) The World Is Ours (1937) A Step into the Darkness (1937) Lidé na kře (1937) Lawyer Vera (1937) Tři vejce do skla (1937) Hordubalové (1938) Škola základ života (1938) Muž z neznáma (1939) Christian (1939) Jiný vzduch (1939) Cesta do hlubin študákovy duše (1939) Eva tropí hlouposti (1939)
1940s	Katakomby (1940) Muzikantská Liduška (1940) Baron Prášil (1940) Druhá směna (1940) The Hard Life of an Adventurer (1941) Auntie's Fantasies (1941) A Charming Man (1941) The Blue Star Hotel (1941) Valentin the Good (1942) Barbora Hlavsová (1943) The Second Shot (1943) Experiment (1943) The Respectable Ladies of Pardubice (1944) Dir zuliebe (1944) The Wedding Ring (1944) Černí myslivci (1945) Guard 13 (1946) Warning (1946) Čapek's Tales (1947) Lost in the Suburbs (1948) A Kiss from the Stadium (1948) The Poacher's Foster Daughter or Noble Millionaire (1949) Motorcycles (1949)
1950s	Steel Town (1950) May Events (1951) The Trap (1951) The Emperor and the Golem (1952) The Secret of Blood (1953) Dog's Heads (1955) Leave It to Me (1955) Focus (1956) The Flood (1958) Today for the Last Time (1958) The Princess with the Golden Star (1959)
1960s	Bílá spona (1960) Dařbuján a Pandrhola (1960) The King of Kings (1963) Hvězda zvaná Pelyněk (1964) People on Wheels (1966) Přísně tajné premiéry (1967) Nejlepší ženská mého života (1968)

v t e Nikolai Gogol's The Government Inspector
Films	A City Upside Down (Germany, 1933) The Inspector General (Czechoslovakia, 1933) The Inspector General (USA, 1949) Afsar (India, 1950) The Inspector-General (Soviet Union, 1952) President Panchatcharam (India, 1959) Roaring Years (Italy, 1962) Calzonzin Inspector (Mexico, 1974) Incognito from St. Petersburg (Soviet Union, 1977)
Other	Chlestakows Wiederkehr (opera)