The Tailor from Torzhok (1925)
Original title: Закройщик из Торжка
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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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Igor IlyinskyPetya Petelkin - Tailor
Olga ZhiznevaYoung Lady
Anatoli KtorovAnatoli - Young Lady's Fiancee
Vera MaretskayaKatya
Lidiya DeikunWidow Melania Ivanovna Shirinki
Iosif TolchanovV. I. Semizhilov
Serafima BirmanNeighbor
Yeva Milyutina
Vladimir UralskyUnion ManKeywords
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What is The Tailor from Torzhok about?
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.
How long is The Tailor from Torzhok?
The Tailor from Torzhok has a runtime of 65 minutes.