Comedy · Soviet Union · 1925 · 1h 5m

The Tailor from Torzhok

Закройщик из Торжка

Director

Cast

Igor Ilyinsky as Petya Petelkin, tailor Vera Maretskaya as Katya, housemaid Lidiya Deikun as Melania Shirinkina, widow Iosif Tolchanov as Semizhilov, vendor Olga Zhizneva as Unknown young lady Serafima Birman as Shirinkina's neighbour

Crew

Pyotr Yermolov — Director of Photography Valentin Turkin — Writer Vladimir Egorov — Production Design

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.

Mood & Themes

lottery ticket

Key Collaborators

Yakov Protazanov Director Pyotr Yermolov Director of Photography Valentin Turkin Writer Vladimir Egorov Production Design

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