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12 Chairs

12 Chairs

19717.62h 41m

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.

Directed by Leonid Gaidai
Written by Vladlen Bakhnov, Leonid Gaidai, Yevgeni Petrov
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Top Cast

Archil Gomiashvili

Archil Gomiashvili

Остап Бендер

Sergei Filippov

Sergei Filippov

Киса Воробьянинов

Mikhail Pugovkin

Mikhail Pugovkin

Отец Фёдор

Nina Grebeshkova

Nina Grebeshkova

Мусик / Царица Тамара

Yuriy Nikulin

Yuriy Nikulin

дворник Тихон

Natalya Krachkovskaya

Natalya Krachkovskaya

мадам Грицацуева

Natalya Varley

Natalya Varley

Лиза

Igor Yasulovich

Igor Yasulovich

инженер Щукин

Georgiy Vitsin

Georgiy Vitsin

монтёр Мечников

Savely Kramarov

Savely Kramarov

председатель шахматного клуба

Themes & Keywords

based on novel or book

About 12 Chairs

12 Chairs is a comedy, adventure, crime film released in 1971 exploring themes of based on novel or book. Directed by Leonid Gaidai, it stars Archil Gomiashvili, Sergei Filippov, Mikhail Pugovkin. 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.

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