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The Tailor from Torzhok

1925 1 hour 5 minutes
56/100

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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.

Released

9th April 1925

101 years ago

Runtime

1 hour 5 minutes

Finishes at 3:01pm

Ratings and awards

  • IMDB Logo

    6.9/10

  • TMDb Logo

    42%

  • FilmFlow Logo

    56%

Directed by

Yakov Protazanov

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Written by

Valentin Turkin

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