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.
Director: Yakov Protazanov
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Igor Ilyinsky as Petya Petelkin, tailor |
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Vera Maretskaya as Katya, housemaid |
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Lidiya Deikun as Melania Shirinkina, widow |
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Iosif Tolchanov as Semizhilov, vendor |
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Olga Zhizneva as Unknown young lady |
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Serafima Birman as Shirinkina's neighbour |
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Yeva Milyutina as Shirinkina's neighbour |
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Anatoli Ktorov as Anatoliy, city scamp |
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Vladimir Uralskiy as Union man (uncredited) |
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Naum Rogozhin as Guest (uncredited) |
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Nikolai Akimov as (uncredited) |
| Directing | Yakov Protazanov | Director |
| Writing | Valentin Turkin | Writer |
| Camera | Pyotr Yermolov | Director of Photography |
| Art | Vladimir Egorov | Production Design |
| Production | Moisey Aleynikov | Producer |
