STORY
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.
CAST & CREW
- Igor Ilyinsky
- Vera Maretskaya
- Lidiya Deikun
- Iosif Tolchanov
- Olga Zhizneva
Cast
- Yakov Protazanov
Director
INFORMATION
- Mezhrabpomfilm
Production Companies
- Soviet Union
Production Countries
LANGUAGES
- No Language
