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.
Cast
Igor Ilyinsky
as Petya Petelkin, tailor
Vera Maretskaya
as Katya, housemaid
Lidiya Deikun
as Melania Shirinkina, widow
Iosif Tolchanov
as Semizhilov, vendor
Olga Zhizneva
as Unknown young lady
Serafima Birman
as Shirinkina's neighbour
Yeva Milyutina
as Shirinkina's neighbour
Anatoli Ktorov
as Anatoliy, city scamp
Vladimir Uralskiy
as Union man (uncredited)
Naum Rogozhin
as Guest (uncredited)
