
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.
Directed by Yakov Protazanov
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Cast

Igor Ilyinsky
Petya Petelkin, tailor

Vera Maretskaya
Katya, housemaid

Lidiya Deikun
Melania Shirinkina, widow

Iosif Tolchanov
Semizhilov, vendor

Olga Zhizneva
Unknown young lady

Serafima Birman
Shirinkina's neighbour

Yeva Milyutina
Shirinkina's neighbour

Anatoli Ktorov
Anatoliy, city scamp

Vladimir Uralskiy
Union man (uncredited)

Naum Rogozhin
Guest (uncredited)

Nikolai Akimov
(uncredited)
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