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The Tailor from Torzhok
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Wikipedia article
'The Tailor from Torzhok' is a 1925 Soviet silent comedy film directed by Yakov Protazanov and starring Igor Ilyinsky. The picture was commissioned as publicity for the State Lottery Loan.
Plot
The film takes place in Soviet Russia during the NEP in a small provincial town. Petya Petelkin is a humble tailor of a sewing workshop belonging to the widow Shirinkina. The widow decides to marry her employee and Petya buys a lottery ticket hoping to win so that he can present her with a fancy gift.
He wins the big prize, starts dreaming of having his own shop, but the winning ticket disappears and passes from hand to hand. This is the beginning of a series of comic adventures. Petya is on the verge of committing suicide, but eventually everything ends well.
Cast
* Igor Ilyinsky - Petya Petelkin
* Olga Zhizneva - Young Lady
* Anatoli Ktorov - Young Man
* Vera Maretskaya - Katya
* Lidiya Deykun - Widow Shirinkina
* Iosif Tolchanov
* Serafima Birman - Neighbor
* Eva Milyutina
* Vladimir Uralsky - Labour Union official
See also
*'The Three Million Trial'
*'A Kiss From Mary Pickford'
*'Miss Mend'
References
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