Comedy ·Adventure ·Crime · Soviet Union · 1971 · 2h 41m

12 Chairs

12 стульев

12 Chairs poster
Director
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
Crew
Valery Shuvalov — Director of Photography Sergei Poluyanov — Director of Photography Klavdia Aleeva — Editor Aleksandr Zatsepin — Original Music Composer Vladlen Bakhnov — Writer Leonid Gaidai — Writer
Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
based on novel or book
Key Collaborators
Leonid Gaidai Director Valery Shuvalov Director of Photography Sergei Poluyanov Director of Photography Klavdia Aleeva Editor Aleksandr Zatsepin Original Music Composer Vladlen Bakhnov Writer Leonid Gaidai Writer Yevgeni Petrov Novel Ilya Ilf Novel Yevgeniy Kumankov Production Design Konstantin Savitsky Costume Design
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