The Tailor from Torzhok

1925 film by Yakov Protazanov

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

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.[1]

## Plot[edit]

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[edit]

* Igor Ilyinsky \- Petya Petelkin
* Olga Zhizneva \- Young Lady
* Anatoly Ktorov \- Young Man
* Vera Maretskaya \- Katya
* Lidiya Deykun \- Widow Shirinkina
* Iosif Tolchanov
* Serafima Birman \- Neighbor
* Eva Milyutina
* Vladimir Uralsky \- Labour Union official

## See also[edit]

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

## References[edit]

* 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.

1. ^ Jay Leyda (1960). Kino: A History of the Russian and Soviet Film. George Allen & Unwin. p. 204.

## External links[edit]

* The Tailor from Torzhok at IMDb

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Yakov Protazanov filmography

* Departure of a Grand Old Man (1912)
* The Queen of Spades (1916)
* Satan Triumphant (1917)
* Father Sergius (1917)
* Aelita (1924)
* His Call (1925)
* The Tailor from Torzhok (1925)
* The Three Million Trial (1926)
* Man from the Restaurant (1927)
* The Forty-First (1927)
* The White Eagle (1928)
* St. Jorgen's Day (1930)
* Tommy (1931)
* Marionettes (1934)
* Without Dowry (1937)
* Salavat Yulayev (1941)
* Nasreddin in Bukhara (1943)

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