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The Tailor from Torzhok (Russian: Закройщик из Торжка, romanized: Zakroyshchik iz Torzhka) 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.[1]

The Tailor from Torzhok
Original film poster
Directed byYakov Protazanov
Written byValentin Turkin
StarringIgor Ilyinsky
CinematographyPyotr Yermolov
Production
company
Mezhrabpom-Russ
Release date
1925
Running time
65 minutes
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageSilent film (Russian intertitles)
The Tailor from Torzhok
A scene from the film
A scene from the film

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



See also



References


  1. Jay Leyda (1960). Kino: A History of the Russian and Soviet Film. George Allen & Unwin. p. 204.




На других языках


- [en] The Tailor from Torzhok

[ru] Закройщик из Торжка

«Закройщик из Торжка» — советский фильм 1925 года, эксцентрическая комедия режиссёра Якова Протазанова.



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