The Tailor from Torzhok (1925)
1h 5m
Running Time
April 9, 1925Release Date
The Tailor from Torzhok (1925)
1h 5m
Running Time
April 9, 1925Release Date
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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Details.
Release DateApril 9, 1925
Original NameЗакройщик из Торжка
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 5m
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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.