Nikita Mikhalkov

Anton Antonovich Skvoznik-Dmukhanovsky, the mayor

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

Vladimir Ilin