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