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

Armen Dzhigarkhanyan

Osip, his servant