The Tailor from Torzhok (Russian: Закройщик из Торжка, romanized: Zakroyshchik iz Torzhka) is a 1925 Soviet silent comedy film directed by Yakov Protazanov and starring Igor Ilyinsky.

[1] The film takes place in Soviet Russia during the NEP in a small provincial town.

Petya Petelkin is a humble tailor of a sewing workshop belonging to the widow Shirinkina.

The widow decides to marry her employee and Petya buys a lottery ticket hoping to win so that he can present her with a fancy gift.

Petya is on the verge of committing suicide, but eventually everything ends well.