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. |
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Ratings: | IMDB: 7.1/10 | |
Released: | October 27, 1925 | |
Runtime: | 65 min | |
Genres: | Comedy | |
Companies: | Mezhrabpomfilm | |
Cast: | Igor Ilyinsky Vera Maretskaya Anatoli Ktorov Olga Zhizneva | |
Crew: | Yakov Protazanov Valentin Turkin | |
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