Watch 12 Chairs (1971) Official Trailer
7.7 / 10 IMDb June 21, 1971 2h 41m
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
Runtime
2h 41m
Release Date
June 21, 1971
Genre
Comedy, Adventure, Crime
Status
Released
Languages
Russian
Country
Soviet Union
Producers
Cast
Archil Gomiashvili
as Ostap Bender
Sergei Filippov
as Ippolit "Kisa" Vorobyaninov
Mikhail Pugovkin
as Father Fyodor
Glikeriya Bogdanova-Chesnokova
as Yelena Stanislavovna Bour
Natalya Varley
as Yelizaveta "Liza" Petrovna
Natalya Vorobyova
as Ellochka Shchukina
Nina Grebeshkova
as Musik, Bruns' wife
Natalya Krachkovskaya
as madame Gritsatsuyeva
Klara Rumyanova
as Father Fyodor's wife
Georgiy Vitsin
as fitter Mechnikov
Nikolay Gorlov
as Polesov
Savely Kramarov
as one-eyed chess player
Yuriy Nikulin
as janitor Tikhon
Viktor Pavlov
as Kolya, Liza's husband
Gotlib Roninson
as chairman Kislyarsky
Roman Filippov
as poet Nikifor Lyapis-Trubetskoy
Grigoriy Shpigel
as Aleksandr Yakovlevich
Vladimir Etush
as Andrei Bruns
Igor Yasulovich
as Ernest Shchukin
Nina Agapova
as soloist of theater "Kolumb"
Production Companies
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