The Inspector General (1955)
• January 1st, 1955 • 1h 39min
Comedy
Overview
Nikolai Gogol's The Inspector General is a satire play well-known around the world. In the period between the end of World War II and the 1960s, the play was adapted in Hong Kong cinema a total of six times. Director Huang Yu alone adapted it twice, as a Republic era story and a period comedy, respectively. The 1955 Republic era-set film is more faithful to its source material, following a spoiled rich brat who is mistaken as a government inspector in a small town and ends up being wined and dined by a corrupted local official. The film pokes fun at the ugliness of bureaucracy in old society, calling back to renowned Qing Dynasty novel Officialdom Unmasked while keeping the original play's artistic style.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Johanne Sacreblu
Released on: 2025-02-14
Comedy, Romance
Mexico's response to the French film Emilia Pérez. The real life of French people in a musical made ...
Brazil
Released on: 1985-02-20
Comedy, Science Fiction
Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydr...
Good Bye, Lenin!
Released on: 2003-02-13
Comedy, Drama
Alex Kerner's mother was in a coma while the Berlin wall fell. When she wakes up he must try to keep...
Raising Arizona
Released on: 1987-03-13
Comedy, Crime
When a childless couple—an ex-con and an ex-cop—take one of a wealthy family’s quintuplets to raise ...
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Released on: 2006-11-01
Comedy
Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev travels to America to make a documentary. As he zigzags across the ...
When the Masks are Taken Off
Released on: 1975-07-28
Comedy, Music
A satirical anthology film transforms popular humorous and sarcastic stage songs into standalone vig...
Founders Day
Released on: 2024-01-19
Horror, Thriller, Comedy
A small town is shaken by a series of ominous killings in the days leading up to a heated mayoral el...
Scary Movie
Released on: 2000-07-07
Comedy
A familiar-looking group of teenagers find themselves being stalked by a more-than-vaguely recogniza...
Eat the Rich
Released on: 1987-10-23
Action, Comedy, Crime
Alex is a disgruntled waiter at a snobby exclusive restaurant who falls on hard times. Forced to dea...
Charlie's Angels
Released on: 2000-11-02
Action, Comedy, Adventure
The captivating crime-fighting trio who are masters of disguise, espionage and martial arts are back...
Nashville
Released on: 1975-06-11
Drama, Comedy, Music
The intersecting stories of twenty-four characters—from country star to wannabe to reporter to waitr...
Striptease
Released on: 1996-06-28
Comedy, Crime, Drama
Bounced from her job, Erin Grant needs money if she's to have any chance of winning back custody of ...
The Silence of the Hams
Released on: 1994-03-11
Thriller, Comedy
Rookie FBI agent Jo Dee Foster has been assigned to work on the case of the Psycho Killer, a psycho ...
Drop Dead Gorgeous
Released on: 1999-07-16
Comedy
In a small Minnesota town, the annual beauty pageant is being covered by a TV crew. Former winner Gl...
How to Apply for a Sexual Position
Released on: 2017-08-02
Comedy
Reverse Cowgirl. Rusty Trombone. The Wheelbarrow. Go inside the government office responsible for cr...
Dick Tracy
Released on: 1990-04-05
Adventure, Comedy, Crime
The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances t...
The Knock Out Cop
Released on: 1973-10-25
Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Inspector “Flatfoot” Rizzo investigates crime and corruption in Naples.
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon
Released on: 2006-08-29
Comedy, Horror, Thriller
The next great psycho horror slasher has given a documentary crew exclusive access to his life as he...
Silent Movie
Released on: 1976-06-17
Comedy
Aspiring filmmakers Mel Funn, Marty Eggs and Dom Bell go to a financially troubled studio with an id...