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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Cast
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Archil Gomiashvili
Ostap Bender
Known for
Mimino
Sergei Filippov
Ippolit "Kisa" Vorobyaninov
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Mikhail Pugovkin
Father Fyodor
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Glikeriya Bogdanova-Chesnokova
Yelena Stanislavovna Bour
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12 Chairs
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Natalya Varley
Yelizaveta "Liza" Petrovna
Known for
Kidnapping, Caucasian Style
Viy
Natalya Vorobyova
Ellochka Shchukina
Known for
Gentlemen of Fortune
Nina Grebeshkova
Musik, Bruns' wife
Known for
The Diamond Arm
It Can't Be!
Natalya Krachkovskaya
madame Gritsatsuyeva
Known for
Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession
A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines
Klara Rumyanova
Father Fyodor's wife
Known for
Well, Just You Wait!
Gena the Crocodile
Georgiy Vitsin
fitter Mechnikov
Known for
Gentlemen of Fortune
Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross
Nikolay Gorlov
Polesov
Known for
The Elusive Revengers
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Savely Kramarov
one-eyed chess player
Known for
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Leonid Gaidai Director · Vladlen Bakhnov Writer Ilya Ilf Author
United States release July 7, 1971 · Produced in Russia, Russia · Original title 12 стульев
Production
Mosfilm
Production · Studio
Russia · Russia
Produced in
Languages
Original title
12 стульев
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · June 21, 1971
Theatrical
United States · July 7, 1971
Theatrical
Finland
March 10, 1972 · Theatrical
Hungary
February 24, 1972 · Theatrical
Sweden
February 12, 1973 · Theatrical
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