Zakroyshchik iz Torzhka 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.

Cast:

Igor Ilyinsky
Petya Petelkin - Tailor 

Olga Zhiznyeva
Young Lady 

Anatoli Ktorov
Anatoli - Young Lady's Fiancee 

Vera Maretskaya
Katya 

Lidiya Deikun
Widow Melania Ivanovna Shirinki 

Iosif Tolchanov
V. I. Semizhilov 

• Krojczy z Torzka
• Räätäli Torshokista
• The Tailor From Torzhok