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The Tailor from Torzhok

The Tailor from Torzhok

Comedy

1h 5m

April 9, 1925 (100 years ago)

Overview

A 1925 Soviet comedy sponsored by the Soviet Finance Ministry, with a plot promoting the new economy. A small-town tailor, Petya Petelkin (Ilyinsky), bought a lottery ticket and handed it to his landlord, widow Shirinkina (Deykun) who wants to marry him. Petya is a hard-working tailor trying to start his own business. He is also in love with Katya (Maretskaya), whom he wants to marry. He has to survive a cascade of funny situations in the unstable Soviet reality, before his romance with Katya comes to a happy ending.

ActorAge thenAge now
Igor Ilyinsky

Igor Ilyinsky

Petya Petelkin, tailor

Birthday: July 23, 1901

23 January 13, 1987 (85)
Vera Maretskaya

Vera Maretskaya

Katya, housemaid

Birthday: July 31, 1906

18 August 17, 1978 (72)
Lidiya Deikun

Lidiya Deikun

Melania Shirinkina, widow

Birthday: January 27, 1889

36136
Iosif Tolchanov

Iosif Tolchanov

Semizhilov, vendor

Birthday: April 29, 1891

33 August 24, 1981 (90)
Olga Zhizneva

Olga Zhizneva

Unknown young lady

Birthday: April 17, 1899

25 November 10, 1972 (73)
Serafima Birman

Serafima Birman

Shirinkina's neighbour

Birthday: July 28, 1890

34 May 11, 1976 (85)
Yeva Milyutina

Yeva Milyutina

Shirinkina's neighbour

Birthday: December 14, 1893

31 October 13, 1977 (83)
Anatoli Ktorov

Anatoli Ktorov

Anatoliy, city scamp

Birthday: April 24, 1898

26 September 30, 1980 (82)