The Tailor from Torzhok
Закройщик из Торжка
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Synopsis
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.
Details
- Yakov Protazanov
- April 9, 1925
- Released
- Soviet Union
- Mezhrabpomfilm
- 1h 5m
Where to watch
No known streaming options in United States.
Cast
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Igor IlyinskyPetya Petelkin, tailor -
Vera MaretskayaKatya, housemaid -
Lidiya DeikunMelania Shirinkina, widow -
Iosif TolchanovSemizhilov, vendor -
Olga ZhiznevaUnknown young lady -
Serafima BirmanShirinkina's neighbour -
Yeva MilyutinaShirinkina's neighbour -
Anatoli KtorovAnatoliy, city scamp -
Vladimir UralskiyUnion man (uncredited) -
Naum RogozhinGuest (uncredited) -
Nikolai Akimov(uncredited)
