The Tailor from Torzhok
The Tailor from Torzhok1925
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The Tailor from Torzhok
1h 5m·Comedy
Directed by Yakov Protazanov·1925
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4.2/10 avgAverage user ratingA 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.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Igor IlyinskyPetya Petelkin, tailor | Petya Petelkin, tailor |
 Vera MaretskayaKatya, housemaid | Katya, housemaid |
 Lidiya DeikunMelania Shirinkina, widow | Melania Shirinkina, widow |
 Iosif TolchanovSemizhilov, vendor | Semizhilov, vendor |
 Olga ZhiznevaUnknown young lady | Unknown young lady |
 Serafima BirmanShirinkina's neighbour | Shirinkina's neighbour |
 Yeva MilyutinaShirinkina's neighbour | Shirinkina's neighbour |
 Anatoli KtorovAnatoliy, city scamp | Anatoliy, city scamp |
 Vladimir UralskiyUnion man (uncredited) | Union man (uncredited) |
 Naum RogozhinGuest (uncredited) | Guest (uncredited) |
 Nikolai Akimov(uncredited) | (uncredited) |