Underplayed Gems

Revizor (1933)

Revizor poster
Directed by
Martin Frič
Genre
comedy film, historical film
Country
Czechoslovakia
Runtime
1h 12m
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

In a small Russian town, corrupt officials mistake a low-level visitor for a feared government inspector. Their desperate attempts to impress him lead to a series of comic misunderstandings.

comedicsatiricalbustlinglightheartedfast-pacedold-fashioned

What happens

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. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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