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