106 minutes
4/21/1962
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.
Nino Manfredi
as Omero Battifiori
Gino Cervi
as Salvatore Acquamano
Michèle Mercier
as Elvira
Gastone Moschin
as Carmine Passante
Salvo Randone
as Il medico antifascista
Angela Luce
as Rosa De Bellis
Rosalia Maggio
as Donna Nunzia
Giuseppe Ianigro
as Nicola De Bellis
Linda Sini
as Elsa
Carla Calò
as moglie del preside
Dolores Palumbo
as signora De Vincenzi
Mario Pisu
as gerarca
Enzo Petito
as ingegnere del circolo
Alfredo Rizzo
as attore che interpreta Menelik
Mario Passante
as commerciante fascista
Giulio Marchetti
as attore che interpreta il colonizzatore italiano
Fanfulla
as attore che interpreta la perfida Albione
Luigi Leoni
as contadino
Anita Durante
as madre di Omero
Ruggero Pignotti
as Aurelio Bitetto, direttore scolastico
Lino Crispo
as banditore
Salvatore Porcaro
as Luggage Porter (uncredited)