The Inspector-General (1952) aka Revizor DVD-R

Starring Igor Gorbachyov, Yuriy Tolubeev, Anastasiya Georgievskaya, Tamara Nosova, Alexander Polinsky
Directed by Vladimir Petrov

Print: color
Runtime: 69 min.
Genre: comedy
Language: Russian with English subtitles

Khlestakov is a young flamboyant crook, who is broke. He finds himself in a small Russian town, where local authorities are waiting for an undercover inspector from the capital St. Petersburg. Khlestakov is mistaken for an undercover inspector, and uses the situation for taking bribes from the local governor and flirting with both his wife and daughter. Khlestakov abuses the corruption and hypocrisy of the local authorities until, at the end, the real inspector shows up...