The Tailor from Torzhok (1925)

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.

Released April 9, 1925 65 min None+

Genres: Comedy

Keywords: tmdb.lottery-ticket, imdb.tailor, imdb.place-name-in-title, imdb.lottery, imdb.boy-skinny-dipping, imdb.boy, imdb.skinny-dipping + 2 more, imdb.friend, aspectratio.1-33-1

Production Companies: Mezhrabpomfilm

Country: Soviet Union
Languages: Russian, No Language