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.

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Release date

21 Jun 1971

Runtime

2 h 41 min

• TMDB 7.6

Genres

• Comedy
• Adventure
• Crime

Director

Leonid Gaidai

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Countries

• SU

Cast

Archil Gomiashvilias Ostap BenderSergei Filippovas Ippolit "Kisa" VorobyaninovMikhail Pugovkinas Father FyodorGlikeriya Bogdanova-Chesnokovaas Yelena Stanislavovna BourNatalya Varleyas Yelizaveta "Liza" PetrovnaNatalya Vorobyovaas Ellochka ShchukinaNina Grebeshkovaas Musik, Bruns' wifeNatalya Krachkovskayaas madame GritsatsuyevaKlara Rumyanovaas Father Fyodor's wifeGeorgiy Vitsinas fitter Mechnikov

Writers

Leonid GaidaiVladlen Bakhnov

Composer

Aleksandr Zatsepin

Cinematography

Sergei PoluyanovValery Shuvalov

Studios

Mosfilm

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