
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)