The Inspector-General (Russian: Ревизор) is a 1952 Soviet crime comedy film directed by Vladimir Petrov, whose script is an adaptation of the satirical play The Government Inspector by Nikolay Gogol.
[1][2][3] The film closely follows the original text of Nikolai Gogol's satirical play The Government Inspector small provincial town, Mayor Anton Antonovich Skvoznik-Dmukhanovsky (played by Yuri Tolubeev) informs his circle of local officials about a letter warning them of the imminent arrival of a government inspector traveling incognito.
Two landowners, Bobchinsky and Dobchinsky, while dining at an inn, encounter a man named Khlestakov and mistakenly identify him as the inspector.
The mayor, believing Khlestakov to be an important official, invites him to tour the town's establishments, hosts a lavish feast in his honor, and later welcomes him into his home.
Taking advantage of his newfound status, Khlestakov begins courting both the mayor's wife and daughter and borrows over 1,000 rubles from the officials.