The Tailor from Torzhok

The Tailor from Torzhok (Russian: Закройщик из Торжка) is a 1925 Soviet silent comedy film directed by Yakov Protazanov and starring Igor Ilyinsky

Plot

A small-town tailor Petya Petelkin (Igor Ilyinsky) buys a lottery ticket starting a chain of comic adventures.

Cast

• Igor Ilyinsky - Petya Petelkin
• Olga Zhiznyeva - Young Lady
• Anatoli Ktorov - Young Man
• Vera Maretskaya - Katya
• Lidiya Deikun - Widow Shirinkina
• Iosif Tolchanov
• Serafima Birman - Neighbor
• Eva Milyutina
• Vladimir Uralsky - Labour Union official

See also

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

References

• Leyda, Jay (1960), Kino: A History of the Russian and Soviet Film, New York: Macmillan, OCLC 1683826 .
• Aleinikov, Moisei, ed. (1957) (in Russian), Yakov Protazanov: O tvorcheskom puti rezhissera, Moscow: Iskusstvo, OCLC 13571289 .

External links

• The Tailor from Torzhok at the Internet Movie Database