The Tailor from Torzhok

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

April 9, 1925

Original language

Russian

Countries

Soviet Union

Production

Mezhrabpomfilm

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0016559