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The Tailor from Torzhok
The Tailor from Torzhok

The Tailor from Torzhok

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Comedy

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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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

Runtime

65 mins

Rating

3.5/10

Release Date

09 April 1925

Country

Soviet Union

Cast

Igor Ilyinsky

Igor Ilyinsky

Petya Petelkin - Tailor

Olga Zhizneva

Olga Zhizneva

Young Lady

Anatoli Ktorov

Anatoli Ktorov

Anatoli - Young Lady's Fiancee

Vera Maretskaya

Vera Maretskaya

Katya

Lidiya Deikun

Lidiya Deikun

Widow Melania Ivanovna Shirinki

Iosif Tolchanov

Iosif Tolchanov

V. I. Semizhilov

Serafima Birman

Serafima Birman

Neighbor

Yeva Milyutina

Yeva Milyutina

Vladimir Uralskiy

Vladimir Uralskiy

Union Man

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