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.
Cast
Petya Petelkin, tailor
Katya, housemaid
Melania Shirinkina, widow
Semizhilov, vendor
Unknown young lady
Shirinkina's neighbour
Shirinkina's neighbour
Anatoliy, city scamp
Union man (uncredited)
Guest (uncredited)
(uncredited)
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