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The Tailor from Torzhok

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.

Top Cast

  • Igor Ilyinsky

    Igor Ilyinsky

    Petya Petelkin, tailor

  • Vera Maretskaya

    Vera Maretskaya

    Katya, housemaid

  • Lidiya Deikun

    Lidiya Deikun

    Melania Shirinkina, widow

  • Iosif Tolchanov

    Iosif Tolchanov

    Semizhilov, vendor

  • Olga Zhizneva

    Olga Zhizneva

    Unknown young lady

  • Serafima Birman

    Serafima Birman

    Shirinkina's neighbour

  • Yeva Milyutina

    Yeva Milyutina

    Shirinkina's neighbour

  • Anatoli Ktorov

    Anatoli Ktorov

    Anatoliy, city scamp

  • Vladimir Uralskiy

    Vladimir Uralskiy

    Union man (uncredited)

Overview

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.

Rating

4.2 / 10
6 Reviews
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