
The Tailor from Torzhok
Comedy
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.
Top Cast


Igor Ilyinsky
Igor Ilyinsky
Petya Petelkin, tailor
Igor Ilyinsky
Petya Petelkin, tailor


Vera Maretskaya
Vera Maretskaya
Katya, housemaid
Vera Maretskaya
Katya, housemaid


Lidiya Deikun
Lidiya Deikun
Melania Shirinkina, widow
Lidiya Deikun
Melania Shirinkina, widow


Iosif Tolchanov
Iosif Tolchanov
Semizhilov, vendor
Iosif Tolchanov
Semizhilov, vendor


Olga Zhizneva
Olga Zhizneva
Unknown young lady
Olga Zhizneva
Unknown young lady


Serafima Birman
Serafima Birman
Shirinkina's neighbour
Serafima Birman
Shirinkina's neighbour


Yeva Milyutina
Yeva Milyutina
Shirinkina's neighbour
Yeva Milyutina
Shirinkina's neighbour


Anatoli Ktorov
Anatoli Ktorov
Anatoliy, city scamp
Anatoli Ktorov
Anatoliy, city scamp


Vladimir Uralskiy
Vladimir Uralskiy
Union man (uncredited)
Vladimir Uralskiy
Union man (uncredited)


Naum Rogozhin
Naum Rogozhin
Guest (uncredited)
Naum Rogozhin
Guest (uncredited)
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