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The Tailor from Torzhok (1925)

★ 4.2/10 65 min Comedy Soviet Union Russian
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Description

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

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