The Tailor from Torzhok

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.

The Tailor from Torzhok
Original film poster
Directed by	Yakov Protazanov
Written by	Valentin Turkin
Starring	Igor Ilyinsky
Cinematography	Pyotr Yermolov
Production company	Mezhrabpom-Russ
Release date	1925
Running time	65 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Silent film (Russian intertitles)

The Tailor from Torzhok

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

• 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

• The Three Million Trial
• A Kiss from Mary Pickford
• Miss Mend

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

• The Tailor from Torzhok at IMDb