• Apr 09, 1925
  • 65 min
  • Full-HD

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.

Category
Country
Soviet Union
Companies
Mezhrabpomfilm

Igor Ilyinsky

Petya Petelkin - Tailor

Olga Zhiznyeva

Young Lady

Anatoli Ktorov

Anatoli - Young Lady's Fiancee

Vera Maretskaya

Katya

Lidiya Deikun

Widow Melania Ivanovna Shirinki

Iosif Tolchanov

V. I. Semizhilov

Serafima Birman

Neighbor

Yeva Milyutina

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