The Tailor from Torzhok
About The Tailor from Torzhok
Petya Petelkin, a tailor in Torzhok, buys a lottery ticket and leaves it with his landlady, the widow Shirinkina, who wants to marry him. He wants his own shop, and he wants Katya. The ticket, the widow, and the shopkeeping get between him and Katya until the comedy lets the couple through.
Cast & crew
More about The Tailor from Torzhok
Yakov Protazanov directed. Valentin Turkin wrote it. The film was commissioned as publicity for the State Lottery Loan. The Russian title is Закройщик из Торжка. Wikidata also names Gorky Film Studio, the later name of the same plant, and lists Mezhrabpom-Film as producer.
Themes
Look
Pyotr Yermolov photographed the comedy.
Preservation
A Commons transfer of the silent comedy is online.
Notes
- Igor Ilyinsky plays Petya. Vera Maretskaya plays Katya. Lidiya Deikun plays the widow Shirinkina.
- Olga Zhizneva, Serafima Birman, and Iosif Tolchanov are billed.
Scenes
- Petya hands the lottery ticket to the widow who expects a marriage.
- The ticket and the shopkeeping keep getting between him and Katya.
