Nikita Mikhalkov

Anton Antonovich Skvoznik-Dmukhanovsky, the mayor

Марина Неёлова

Anna Andreyevna, his wife

Анна Михалкова

Mariya Antonovna, their daughter

Евгений Миронов

Khlestakov

Зиновий Гердт

Luka Lukich Khlopov, the inspector of schools

Олег Янковский

Ammos Fedorovich Liapkin-Tiapkin, the judge

Алексей Жарков

Artemiy Filippovich Zemlyanika

Авангард Леонтьев

Bobchinsky / Dobchinsky

Արմեն Բորիսի Ջիգարխանյան

Osip, his servant

Пётр Меркурьев

Khristian Ivanovich Gibner, the district doctor