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Der Schneider von Torshok [SAKROISCHTSCHIK IS TORSCHKA] [OmeU]

the tailor from torzhok [SAKROISCHTSCHIK IS TORSCHKA]

UdSSR, 1925, R: Jakow Protasanow mit Igor Iljinski, Anatol Ktorow, Olga Shisnewa, 65 Min

Am Klavier Leonid Nemirovski

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A small-town tailor hits the lottery jackpot but misplaces the winning ticket.

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....