Revizor (1933)

Directed by

Martin Frič

Genre

comedy film, historical film

Country

Czechoslovakia

Runtime

1h 12m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

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)

Trailer

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