The Tailor from Torzhok (1925)
Overview
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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | ru |
| Popularity | 0.445 |
Directed By
Yakov Protazanov
TOP CAST
Igor Ilyinsky
Petya Petelkin - Tailor
Olga Zhiznyeva
Young Lady
Anatoli Ktorov
Anatoli - Young Lady's Fiancee
Vera Maretskaya
Katya
Lidiya Deikun
Widow Melania Ivanovna Shirinki
Iosif Tolchanov
V. I. Semizhilov
Serafima Birman
Neighbor
Vladimir Uralskiy
Union Man
Similar Movies
Uptown Saturday Night
Two blue-collar buddies search the underworld for a winning lottery ticket lost in a nightclub holdup.
Gratuity
When overworked diner waitress gets tipped a lottery ticket by her scumbag ex and wins, they fight it out for the jackpot in this colorful comedy short.
It Could Happen to You
Charlie Lang is a simple, kindhearted New York City cop. When he realizes he has no money to tip waitress Yvonne Biasi, Lang offers her half the winnings of his lottery ticket. Amazingly, the ticket happens to be a winner, in the sum of $4 million. True to his word, Lang proceeds to share the prize money with Biasi, which infuriates his greedy wife, Muriel. Not content with the arrangement, Muriel begins scheming to take all the money.
Suerte en la vida (La Lotería III)
Five stories that tell the tale of winning the lottery in Mexico and how it changes lives.
Peluca
The short film that Napoleon Dynamite was based on shows a day in the life of Seth, supernerd extraordinaire, rocking the megalopolis of Preston, Idaho, and soon the world, with his illegal ninja moves and his sweet fanny pack. GOSH!
Go Go Tales
A financial struggle between owners of a go-go club threatens its future.
Fortune Flies
What are the chances of winning the lottery jackpot and then losing it instantaneously? Our unlucky hero Phaidon is about to find out, in a heart-wrenching turn of events, as fortune flies away.
6/45
A comedy film about North and South Korean soldiers vying for a winning lotto ticket that crossed the demarcation line because of the strong wind.
SportLotto - 82
Adventurous comedy about a bunch of people hunting the winning lottery ticket.
Le Franc
A penniless, fast-thinking musician buys a lottery ticket which he glues to his back door, in hopes of eventually retrieving his instrument from his exasperating landlady. —but the ticket wins...
Langostas a Domicilio
Cheque and Lucas are two friends who, after winning the biggest lottery in the country, are ready to take the leap into their new life, the new rich millionaire life.
Blonde Fever
Peter and Delilah are a married couple running a roadside café in Nevada. Their stable partnership turns rocky, though, with the arrival of the sultry Sally, a waitress who catches Peter's wandering eye. Delilah strikes back by hiring Sally's boyfriend as a waiter. Sally is initially dismissive of Peter's advances, but when he wins $40,000 in a lottery, she quickly pounces, turning on the charm and eyeing the easy life.
The Lost Lotteries
Five down-on-their-luck strangers must band together to steal back winning lottery tickets worth millions from a wicked mafia boss.
Corazonada
A group of lottery employees plan the biggest fraud in Mexican history using a powerful weapon: the magic of television.
Abuela's Luck
Abuela's Luck is a story about appreciation and a lesson on luck. Some of us may not realize it, but luck can stem from our own past and have a direct affect on our future. We are introduced to Raymond, a 19 year-old Dominican-American who is asked by his Abuela to cash out what she assumes is a winning scratch off. Once at the bodega, we learn that Raymond has other plans in mind. And so does fate.
Greed
A lottery win of $5,000 forever changes the lives of a miner turned dentist and his wife.
The Winning Ticket
John Silver's ship has been repossessed; the Captain and the Kids have won $100,000 in a lottery. Silver dresses as an old lady and pretends to faint on the Captain's porch. He is taken inside and soon finds the winning ticket. Meanwhile, the kids spotted him outside and dress themselves as a young lady and come on to Silver, eventually handcuffing him to a batch of fireworks.
Lottery
A young tearaway wins the lottery, but risks losing it all when he becomes embroiled in a toxic love triangle with a pair of recovering scam artists.
Millions on the Island
Three children, two brothers and their friend, win a lottery ticket at sports forecasting. Upon deciding not to tell their parents in order to buy a ship, two criminals find out about this and try to steal their money.