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The Tailor from Torzhok (1925)

1h 5m

Running Time

The Tailor from Torzhok (1925)

Name: The Tailor from Torzhok
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1925-04-09

1h 5m

Running Time

Plot.

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.

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Cast & Crew.

Igor Ilyinsky

Petya Petelkin - Tailor

Olga Zhiznyeva

Young Lady

Anatoli Ktorov

Anatoli - Young Lady's Fiancee

Vera Maretskaya

Katya

Lidiya Deikun

Widow Melania Ivanovna Shirinki

Iosif Tolchanov

V. I. Semizhilov

Serafima Birman

Neighbor

Yeva Milyutina

Vladimir Uralskiy

Union Man

Yakov Protazanov

Director

Valentin Turkin

Writer

Pyotr Yermolov

Cinematographer

Media.

Details.

Release Date
April 9, 1925

Original Name
Закройщик из Торжка

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 5m

Genres
Comedy

Last updated: 2025-02-11

This Movie Is About.

lottery ticket

Wiki.

The Tailor from Torzhok (Russian: Закройщик из Торжка, romanized: Zakroyshchik iz Torzhka) is a 1925 Soviet silent comedy film directed by Yakov Protazanov and starring Igor Ilyinsky. The picture was commissioned as publicity for the State Lottery Loan.