The Tailor from Torzhok
| 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 |
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Release date | 1925 |
Running time | 65 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Silent film (Russian intertitles) |
The Tailor from Torzhok (Russian: Закройщик из Торжка, translit. 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]
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 - 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
References
- 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.
- ↑ Jay Leyda (1960). Kino: A History of the Russian and Soviet Film. George Allen & Unwin. p. 204.