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.
Top Cast
Igor Ilyinsky as Petya Petelkin, tailor
Vera Maretskaya as Katya, housemaid
Lidiya Deikun as Melania Shirinkina, widow
Iosif Tolchanov as Semizhilov, vendor
Olga Zhizneva as Unknown young lady
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