In this satire inspired by Nikolai Gogol’s The Government Inspector (aka The Inspector General) and transported to fascist era Italy, the (supposed) incognito visit of a Roman fascist official to a tiny country town shakes deeply the ruling class and their lack of integrity.
Cast
Nino Manfredi
Omero Battifiori
Gino Cervi
Salvatore Acquamano
Michèle Mercier
Elvira
Gastone Moschin
Carmine Passante
Salvo Randone
Il medico antifascista
Angela Luce
Rosa De Bellis
Rosalia Maggio
Donna Nunzia
Giuseppe Ianigro
Nicola De Bellis
Linda Sini
Elsa
Carla Calò
moglie del preside
Dolores Palumbo
signora De Vincenzi
Mario Pisu
gerarca
Enzo Petito
ingegnere del circolo
Alfredo Rizzo
attore che interpreta Menelik
Mario Passante
commerciante fascista
Giulio Marchetti
attore che interpreta il colonizzatore italiano
Fanfulla
attore che interpreta la perfida Albione
Luigi Leoni
contadino
Anita Durante
madre di Omero
Ruggero Pignotti
Aurelio Bitetto, direttore scolastico
Lino Crispo
banditore
Salvatore Porcaro
Luggage Porter (uncredited)
Crew
Luigi Zampa
Director, Screenplay, Story
Ettore Scola
Screenplay
Ruggero Maccari
Screenplay
Vincenzo Talarico
Story
Sergio Amidei
Story
Eraldo Da Roma
Editor
Marcella Benvenuti
Assistant Editor
Carlo Carlini
Director of Photography
Paolo Bianchini
First Assistant Director
Roberto Pariante
Second Assistant Director
Achille Piazzi
Producer
Piero Poletto
Production Design
Luigi Filippo Carta
Camera Operator
Ruggero Radicchi
Assistant Camera
Piero Gherardi
Costume Supervisor
Lucia Mirisola
Costume Design
Nicla Palombi
Hairstylist
Franco Palombi
Makeup Artist
Ovidio Del Grande
Sound
Manlio Urbani
Boom Operator
Piero Piccioni
Original Music Composer, Conductor
Nedo Azzini
Set Decoration
Enrico Santelli
Still Photographer
Anna Maria Montanari
Script Supervisor
Renato Jaboni
Production Manager
Carlo Bartolini
Unit Manager
Nikolai Gogol
Theatre Play
Franco Lazazzara
Production Secretary
