The Tailor from Torzhok
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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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Cast
13 people
Igor Ilyinsky
Petya Petelkin, tailor
Known for
Carnival Night
Aelita: Queen of Mars
Vera Maretskaya
Katya, housemaid
Also in
The House on Trubnaya
The Village Teacher
Yakov Protazanov
Valentin Turkin
Lidiya Deikun
Melania Shirinkina, widow
Also in
Stone Flower
The Old Jockey
Iosif Tolchanov
Semizhilov, vendor
Known for
Aelita: Queen of Mars
Olga Zhizneva
Unknown young lady
Also in
A Severe Young Man
We'll Live Till Monday
Serafima Birman
Shirinkina's neighbour
Known for
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
Yeva Milyutina
Shirinkina's neighbour
Also in
The Girl with the Hat Box
Horizon
Anatoli Ktorov
Anatoliy, city scamp
Known for
War and Peace
Chess Fever
Vladimir Uralskiy
Union man (uncredited)
Known for
Strike
Mother
Naum Rogozhin
Guest (uncredited)
Known for
Alexander Nevsky
Yakov Protazanov Director · Valentin Turkin Writer Pyotr Yermolov Cinematographer
First release April 9, 1925 · Produced in Russia · Production Mezhrabpom-Rus
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Mezhrabpomfilm
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Mezhrabpom-Rus
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Russia
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Original title
Закройщик из Торжка
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
Russia · April 9, 1925
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Finland
December 12, 1975 · TV premiere
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