The Tailor from Torzhok
1925, RU. Directed by Yakov Protazanov.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 5m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- RU
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Cast & crew
- Yakov ProtazanovDirector
- Igor IlyinskyPetya Petelkin, tailor
- Vera MaretskayaKatya, housemaid
- Lidiya DeikunMelania Shirinkina, widow
- Iosif TolchanovSemizhilov, vendor
- Olga ZhiznevaUnknown young lady
- Serafima BirmanShirinkina's neighbour
- Yeva MilyutinaShirinkina's neighbour
- Anatoli KtorovAnatoliy, city scamp
- Vladimir UralskiyUnion man (uncredited)
- Naum RogozhinGuest (uncredited)
- Nikolai Akimov(uncredited)
Details
- Released
- 9 April 1925
- Original title
- Закройщик из Торжка
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Valentin Turkin
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The Tailor from Torzhok runs 65 minutes (1h 5m).
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The Tailor from Torzhok isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 9 April 1925. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Tailor from Torzhok?
The Tailor from Torzhok (1925) was directed by Yakov Protazanov and stars Igor Ilyinsky, Vera Maretskaya, Lidiya Deikun.