Incognito from St. Petersburg (1977)

Original title

Инкогнито из Петербурга

Directed by

Leonid Gaidai

Genre

comedy film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 31m

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 17 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A case of mistaken identity in a small town leads to chaos when a low-level clerk is mistaken for a government inspector. Everyone scrambles to impress him and hide their corruption.

fast-pacedfarcezanywhimsicalsatiricallightheartedchaoticcomical

What happens

Incognito from St. Petersburg (Russian: Инкогнито из Петербурга, romanized: Inkognito iz Peterburga) is a 1977 Soviet historical crime comedy film directed by Leonid Gaidai, based upon Nikolai Gogol's play, The Government Inspector. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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