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Italian director Luigi Dzampa's film Roaring Years (on some sites Inspector Incognito)/Gli anni ruggenti, 1962.
The idea of the film is borrowed from Gogol's "Inspector", but largely modified. The action takes place in the time of Mussolini. The local mayor receives a letter from a relative from Rome, in which he warns him that a high-ranking official should come with an inspection, and there is a fear that he may arrive incognito. The mayor gathers a bunch of his associates, reads them a letter and they immediately begin a stormy activity to identify the subject. It turns out that only one person arrived the day before - a certain Omero Battifiori (Nino Manfredi). Then everything is according to the scheme - places that can not be shown to anyone, just block, unwanted and suspicious residents are sent to jail, signs of illegal enrichment are trying to hide. With Omero get acquainted and try in every possible way to win his trust and sympathy in the usual ways. And, unlike Khlestakov, Omero does not pretend to be anyone, he is just an insurance agent, and the list of city rich people found in his room, he needs only to conclude insurance contracts, not to check, as they decided. In addition, he clearly does not mind hitting on the ladies, one of whom is the daughter of the mayor Elvira (Michel Mercier), with whom even happens hasty engagement. Given the background and the timing of the action, there are clear political and social motives, although it is portrayed in a very sarcastic way and in the spirit of sharp satire. I started to watch with some apprehension, but in the end I liked the film, I love satire.