The Tailor from Torzhok

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.

Genre:

Comedy

Duration:

65 min

Actor:

Igor Ilyinsky , Vera Maretskaya , Lidiya Deikun

Quality:

HD

Director:

Yakov Protazanov

Release:

1925

Country:

Soviet Union

IMDb:

4.2