''The Tailor from Torzhok'' (russian: Закройщик из Торжка, Zakroyshchik iz Torzhka) is a 1925
Soviet
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silent comedy
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film directed by
Yakov Protazanov
Yakov Alexandrovich Protazanov (russian: Яков Александрович Протазанов; 4 February ( O.S. 23 January ) 1881 – 8 August 1945) was a Russian and Soviet film director and screenwriter, and one of the founding fathers of ...
and starring
Igor Ilyinsky
Igor Vladimirovich Ilyinsky (russian: И́горь Влади́мирович Ильи́нский; 24 July 1901 – 13 January 1987) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor, director and comedian. Hero of Socialist Labour (1974) and People ...
. 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
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Igor Ilyinsky
Igor Vladimirovich Ilyinsky (russian: И́горь Влади́мирович Ильи́нский; 24 July 1901 – 13 January 1987) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor, director and comedian. Hero of Socialist Labour (1974) and People ...
- Petya Petelkin
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Olga Zhizneva - Young Lady
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Anatoly Ktorov
Anatoly Petrovich Ktorov ( Russian: Анатолий Петрович Кторов; April 24, 1898September 30, 1980) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1963).
Early years
He was born Anatoly Petrovich ...
- Young Man
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Vera Maretskaya
Vera Petrovna Maretskaya ( Russian: Вера Петровна Марецкая) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actress. People's Artist of the USSR (1949) and Hero of Socialist Labour (1976).
Early years
Vera Petrovna Maretskaya was bo ...
- Katya
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Lidiya Deykun - Widow Shirinkina
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Iosif Tolchanov
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Serafima Birman - Neighbor
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Eva Milyutina
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Vladimir Uralsky
Vladimir Mikhailovich Uralsky (russian: link=no, Владимир Миха́йлович Уральский) was a Soviet actor. Vladimir played in more than 100 films.
Selected filmography
* 1924 — ''Aelita''
* 1925 — ''Strike''
* 1925 ...
- Labour Union official
See also
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The Three Million Trial''
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A Kiss from Mary Pickford''
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Miss Mend
''Miss Mend'' (also known as ''The Adventures of the Three Reporters'') is a 1926 Soviet spy film, originally realised in three parts, directed by and starring Boris Barnet and Fyodor Otsep. It is loosely based on the books by Marietta Shaginya ...
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Soviet silent feature films
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