Nikita Mikhalkov

Anton Antonovich Skvoznik-Dmukhanovsky, the mayor

Marina Neyolova

Anna Andreyevna, his wife

Anna Mikhalkova

Mariya Antonovna, their daughter

Evgeny Mironov

Khlestakov

Zinoviy Gerdt

Luka Lukich Khlopov, the inspector of schools

Oleg Yankovskiy

Ammos Fedorovich Liapkin-Tiapkin, the judge

Aleksei Zharkov

Artemiy Filippovich Zemlyanika

Avangard Leontyev

Bobchinsky / Dobchinsky

Armen Dzhigarkhanyan

Osip, his servant

Pyotr Merkuryev

Khristian Ivanovich Gibner, the district doctor

Jan Kuželka

Stepan Ilyich Ukhovertov, the chief of police

Viktor Terelya

Derzhimorda, a policeman

Idris Masgutov

The merchant, Abdulin

Vladimir Ilin