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.
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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)
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