12 Chairs

12 Chairs

1971
2h 41m
7.6

7.6/10

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Overview

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.

Status: Released

Language: RU

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Production Information

Production Companies
Mosfilm
Production Countries
Soviet Union
Spoken Languages
Russian

Quick Facts

Original Title 12 стульев
Release Date June 21, 1971
Status Released
Language RU
IMDb ID tt0065670

Cast

Archil Gomiashvili
Archil Gomiashvili

Ostap Bender

Sergei Filippov
Sergei Filippov

Ippolit "Kisa" Vorobyaninov

Mikhail Pugovkin
Mikhail Pugovkin

Father Fyodor

Glikeriya Bogdanova-Chesnokova
Glikeriya Bogdanova-Chesnokova

Yelena Stanislavovna Bour

Natalya Varley
Natalya Varley

Yelizaveta "Liza" Petrovna

Natalya Vorobyova
Natalya Vorobyova

Ellochka Shchukina

Nina Grebeshkova
Nina Grebeshkova

Musik, Bruns' wife

Natalya Krachkovskaya
Natalya Krachkovskaya

madame Gritsatsuyeva

Klara Rumyanova
Klara Rumyanova

Father Fyodor's wife

Georgiy Vitsin
Georgiy Vitsin

fitter Mechnikov

Nikolay Gorlov
Nikolay Gorlov

Polesov

Savely Kramarov
Savely Kramarov

one-eyed chess player

Key Crew

Leonid Gaidai
Writer
Vladlen Bakhnov
Writer
Leonid Gaidai
Director
Arkadiy Ashkinazi
Executive Producer
A. But
Executive Producer