12 Chairs (1971)

  • NR
  • 07/07/1971 (US)
  • Comedy, Adventure
  • 2h 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.

Vladlen Bakhnov

Writer

Leonid Gaidai

Writer, Director

Yevgeni Petrov

Novel

Ilya Ilf

Novel

Cast

Archil Gomiashvili's headshot

Archil Gomiashvili

Остап Бендер
Sergei Filippov's headshot

Sergei Filippov

Киса Воробьянинов
Mikhail Pugovkin's headshot

Mikhail Pugovkin

Отец Фёдор
Nina Grebeshkova's headshot

Nina Grebeshkova

Мусик / Царица Тамара
Yuriy Nikulin's headshot

Yuriy Nikulin

дворник Тихон
Natalya Krachkovskaya's headshot

Natalya Krachkovskaya

мадам Грицацуева
Natalya Varley's headshot

Natalya Varley

Лиза
Igor Yasulovich's headshot

Igor Yasulovich

инжинер Щукин

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