Film·1925·1h 5m

The Tailor from Torzhok

Comedy

A 1925 Soviet comedy sponsored by the Soviet Finance Ministry, with a plot promoting the new economy. A small-town tailor, Petya Petelkin (Ilyinsky), bought a lottery ticket and handed it to his landlord, widow Shirinkina (Deykun) who wants to marry him. Petya is a hard-working tailor trying to start his own business. He is also in love with Katya (Maretskaya), whom he wants to marry. He has to survive a cascade of funny situations in the unstable Soviet reality, before his romance with Katya comes to a happy ending.

Directed by Yakov Protazanov

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11 credited

Igor Ilyinsky
Igor IlyinskyPetya Petelkin, tailor
Vera Maretskaya
Vera MaretskayaKatya, housemaid
Lidiya Deikun
Lidiya DeikunMelania Shirinkina, widow
Iosif Tolchanov
Iosif TolchanovSemizhilov, vendor
Olga Zhizneva
Olga ZhiznevaUnknown young lady
Serafima Birman
Serafima BirmanShirinkina's neighbour
Yeva Milyutina
Yeva MilyutinaShirinkina's neighbour
Anatoli Ktorov
Anatoli KtorovAnatoliy, city scamp
Vladimir Uralskiy
Vladimir UralskiyUnion man (uncredited)
Naum Rogozhin
Naum RogozhinGuest (uncredited)
Nikolai Akimov
Nikolai Akimov(uncredited)

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