12 Chairs (1971)
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.
Director: Leonid Gaidai
Genre: Comedy, Adventure, Crime
Runtime: 161 min
Release Date: June 21, 1971
Cast
- Archil Gomiashvili - Остап Бендер
- Sergei Filippov - Киса Воробьянинов
- Mikhail Pugovkin - Отец Фёдор
- Nina Grebeshkova - Мусик / Царица Тамара
- Yuriy Nikulin - дворник Тихон
- Natalya Krachkovskaya - мадам Грицацуева
- Natalya Varley - Лиза
- Igor Yasulovich - инженер Щукин
- Georgiy Vitsin - монтёр Мечников
- Savely Kramarov - председатель шахматного клуба
Screenplay
- Vladlen Bakhnov
- Leonid Gaidai
- Yevgeni Petrov (Novel)
- Ilya Ilf (Novel)
Music: Aleksandr Zatsepin
Cinematography: Valery Shuvalov, Sergei Poluyanov
Editing: Klavdiya Aleyeva
Production: Mosfilm
Country: Soviet Union
Language: Pусский
Original Language: ru
Keywords
based on novel or book
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is 12 Chairs about?
- 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.
- Who directed 12 Chairs?
- 12 Chairs was directed by Leonid Gaidai.
- Who stars in 12 Chairs?
- 12 Chairs stars Archil Gomiashvili, Sergei Filippov, Mikhail Pugovkin, Nina Grebeshkova, Yuriy Nikulin, Natalya Krachkovskaya.
- How long is 12 Chairs?
- 12 Chairs has a runtime of 2h 41m (161 minutes).
- What genre is 12 Chairs?
- 12 Chairs is a Comedy, Adventure, Crime film.
- Where was 12 Chairs produced?
- 12 Chairs was produced in Soviet Union.