The Tailor from Torzhok

{{Infobox film

| name = The Tailor from Torzhok

| image = Плакат к фильму «Закройщик из Торжка».jpg

| caption = Original film poster

| director = Yakov Protazanov

| producer =

| writer = Valentin Turkin

| narrator =

| starring = Igor Ilyinsky

| music =

| cinematography = Pyotr Yermolov

| editing =

| distributor =

| studio = Mezhrabpom-Russ

| released = {{Film date|1925}}

| runtime = 65 minutes

| country = Soviet Union

| language = Silent film (Russian intertitles)

| budget =

}}

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Image:Ilyinsky torzhok.jpg

The Tailor from Torzhok ({{langx|ru|Закройщик из Торжка|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.{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/kinohistoryofrus00jayl#page/204/mode/2up/|publisher=George Allen & Unwin|author=Jay Leyda|author-link=Jay Leyda|title=Kino: A History of the Russian and Soviet Film|year=1960|page=204}}

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

References

Bibliography

{{citation|last=Leyda |first=Jay |author-link= Jay Leyda |title=Kino: A History of the Russian and Soviet Film |place=New York |publisher= Macmillan |year= 1960 |oclc=1683826}}.
{{citation|editor= Aleinikov, Moisei |title=Yakov Protazanov: O tvorcheskom puti rezhissera |language=Russian |place=Moscow |publisher= Iskusstvo |year= 1957 |oclc= 13571289}}.