| The Tailor from Torzhok | |
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 Original film poster | |
| Directed by | Yakov Protazanov |
| Written by | Valentin Turkin |
| Starring | Igor Ilyinsky |
| Cinematography | Pyotr Yermolov |
| Production company | Mezhrabpom-Russ |
| Release date |
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| Running time | 65 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Silent film (Russian intertitles) |
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.
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 as Petya Petelkin
- Olga Zhizneva as Young Lady
- Anatoly Ktorov as Young Man
- Vera Maretskaya as Katya
- Lidiya Deykun as Widow Shirinkina
- Iosif Tolchanov
- Serafima Birman as Neighbor
- Eva Milyutina
- Vladimir Uralsky as Labour Union official
See also
References
- Jay Leyda (1960). Kino: A History of the Russian and Soviet Film. George Allen & Unwin. p. 204.
Bibliography
- Leyda, Jay (1960), Kino: A History of the Russian and Soviet Film, New York: Macmillan, OCLC 1683826.
- Aleinikov, Moisei, ed. (1957), Yakov Protazanov: O tvorcheskom puti rezhissera (in Russian), Moscow: Iskusstvo, OCLC 13571289.
External links
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