The Tailor from Torzhok

La historia

Sinopsis en inglés

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.

Reparto

I Igor IlyinskyPetya Petelkin, tailor V Vera MaretskayaKatya, housemaid L Lidiya DeikunMelania Shirinkina, widow I Iosif TolchanovSemizhilov, vendor O Olga ZhiznevaUnknown young lady S Serafima BirmanShirinkina's neighbour Y Yeva MilyutinaShirinkina's neighbour A Anatoli KtorovAnatoliy, city scamp V Vladimir UralskiyUnion man (uncredited) N Naum RogozhinGuest (uncredited) N Nikolai Akimov(uncredited)