title: Inspector (1996 film)
text: # Inspector (1996 film)
  
  Inspector (Russian: Ревизор) is a 1996 Russian comedy film directed by Sergey Gazarov. It is based on the play The Government Inspector by Nikolai Gogol.
  
  ## Plot
  
  The film takes place in 19th-century Russia in a provincial criminal city, which the auditor decides to visit.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Nikita Mikhalkov as Anton Antonovich Skvoznik-Dmukhanovsky, the mayor
  * Marina Neyolova as Anna Andreyevna, his wife
  * Anna Mikhalkova as Mariya Antonovna, their daughter
  * Zinoviy Gerdt as Luka Lukich Khlopov, the inspector of schools
  * Oleg Yankovsky as Ammos Fedorovich Liapkin-Tiapkin, the judge
  * Yevgeny Mironov as Khlestakov
  * Armen Dzhigarkhanyan as Osip
  * Pyotr Merkurev as Khristian Ivanovich Gibner, the district doctor
  * Jan Kuzelka as Stepan Ilyich Ukhovertov, the chief of police
  * Viktor Terelya as Derzhimorda, a policeman
  * Idris Masgutov as The merchant, Abdulin
  * Vladimir Ilyin
  