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12 Chairs

A former aristocrat Ippolit Vorobyaninov leads a miserable life in Soviet Russia. His mother-in-law reveals a secret to him - she hid family diamonds in one of the twelve chairs they once had. Vorobyaninov in cooperation with a young con artist Ostap Bender start a long search for the diamonds.

2h 41m1971TMDb 7.6

ComedyAdventureCrime

Russian

Crew and Cast

Leonid GaidaiLeonid GaidaiDirectorArchil GomiashviliArchil GomiashviliOstap BenderSergei FilippovSergei FilippovIppolit "Kisa" VorobyaninovMikhail PugovkinMikhail PugovkinFather FyodorGlikeriya Bogdanova-ChesnokovaGlikeriya Bogdanova-ChesnokovaYelena Stanislavovna BourNatalya VarleyNatalya VarleyYelizaveta "Liza" PetrovnaNatalya VorobyovaNatalya VorobyovaEllochka ShchukinaNina GrebeshkovaNina GrebeshkovaMusik · Bruns' wifeNatalya KrachkovskayaNatalya Krachkovskayamadame GritsatsuyevaKlara RumyanovaKlara RumyanovaFather Fyodor's wifeGeorgiy VitsinGeorgiy Vitsinfitter MechnikovNikolay GorlovNikolay GorlovPolesovSavely KramarovSavely Kramarovone-eyed chess playerYuriy NikulinYuriy Nikulinjanitor TikhonViktor PavlovViktor PavlovKolya · Liza's husbandGotlib RoninsonGotlib Roninsonchairman KislyarskyRoman FilippovRoman Filippovpoet Nikifor Lyapis-TrubetskoyGrigoriy ShpigelGrigoriy ShpigelAleksandr YakovlevichVladimir EtushVladimir EtushAndrei BrunsIgor YasulovichIgor YasulovichErnest ShchukinNina AgapovaNina Agapovasoloist of theater "Kolumb"Rina ZelyonayaRina Zelyonayaeditor of the magazine "Bride and Groom"Irina MurzayevaIrina MurzayevaguideYevdokiya UrusovaYevdokiya UrusovaKisa's mother-in-lawRuslan AkhmetovRuslan Akhmetovactor of theater "Kolumb"Eduard BredunEduard BredunPasha EmilevichPavel VinnikPavel VinnikwaiterErast GarinErast Garintheater critic
Shalva Gejadzeposter hangerGeorgi GeorgiuGeorgi Georgiuperson in charge at "Skryabin"
Aleksandr Denisov

Storyline

A former aristocrat Ippolit Vorobyaninov leads a miserable life in Soviet Russia. His mother-in-law reveals a secret to him - she hid family diamonds in one of the twelve chairs they once had. Vorobyaninov in cooperation with a young con artist Ostap Bender start a long search for the diamonds.

  • Mosfilm

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Info

Original title
12 стульев
Status
Released
Released
21 June 1971
Runtime
2h 41m
TMDB score
7.6 / 10 (184 votes)

Production

Director
Leonid Gaidai
Writers
Leonid Gaidai, Vladlen Bakhnov, Yevgeni Petrov
Studios
Mosfilm
Countries
Soviet Union

Languages

Original
Russian
Spoken
Russian