The Tailor from Torzhok (1925)

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.

Directing:
  • Yakov Protazanov

Writing:
  • Valentin Turkin

Stars:
Release Date: 1925-04-09
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  • Country: SU
  • Language: No Language
  • Runtime: 65
Lidiya Deikun
Lidiya Deikun
Widow Melania Ivanovna Shirinki
Iosif Tolchanov
Iosif Tolchan...
V. I. Semizhilov
Vladimir Uralskiy
Vladimir Ural...
Union Man
Igor Ilyinsky
Igor Ilyinsky
Petya Petelkin - Tailor
Olga Zhiznyeva
Olga Zhiznyev...
Young Lady
Anatoli Ktorov
Anatoli Ktoro...
Anatoli - Young Lady's Fiancee
Vera Maretskaya
Vera Maretska...
Katya
Serafima Birman
Serafima Birm...
Neighbor
Yeva Milyutina
Yeva Milyutin...
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