12 Chairs (1971)
Original title: 12 стульев
12 Chairs is a 1971 Russian-language comedy movie directed by Leonid Gaidai, with a running time of 2h 41m. It stars Archil Gomiashvili, Sergei Filippov and 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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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.
When was 12 Chairs released?
12 Chairs was released on 21 June 1971.
How long is 12 Chairs?
12 Chairs runs 2h 41m.
Who made 12 Chairs?
12 Chairs was directed by Leonid Gaidai.
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