The Twelve Chairs
8.2
Season 1
65 min
S1 · E1 · Jan 2, 1977
Episode 1 Episode 1
65 min
S1 · E2 · Jan 2, 1977
Episode 2 Episode 2
80 min
S1 · E3 · Jan 8, 1977
Episode 3 Episode 3
80 min
S1 · E4 · Jan 9, 1977
Episode 4 Episode 4
4 episodes in Season 1
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“A chair isn't a needle in a haystack”
Set in late-1920s Soviet Union, Ostap Bender and Ippolit "Kisa" Vorobyaninov are after a stash of diamonds hidden in one of the chairs in 12-chair set. They are forced to go on a cross-country chase when the chairs are auctioned off.
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Cast
103 people
Andrey Mironov
Ostap Bender
Known for
Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia
A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines
Anatoliy Papanov
Ippolit Matveevich Vorobyaninov «Kisa»
Known for
Well, Just You Wait!
The Diamond Arm
Zinoviy Gerdt
self - narrator (voice)
Known for
Adventures of Captain Vrungel
Mother For Baby Mammoth
Rolan Bykov
Father Fyodor
Known for
Dead Man's Letters
Andrei Rublev
Nikolai Skorobogatov
Tikhon
Known for
Formula of Love
Siberiade
Oleg Tabakov
Alexander Yakovlevich «Alhen»
Known for
Seventeen Moments of Spring
D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers
Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina
madame Gritsatsueva
Known for
The Red Snowball Tree
McMafia
Vera Orlova
Elena Stanislavovna Bour
Known for
Cipollino
Mark Prudkin
Varfolomey Korobeynikov
Also in
The Brothers Karamazov
The Blonde Around the Corner
Dmitriy Goshev
Kislyarskiy
Also in
Investigation Held by ZnaToKi
Maigret and the Man on the Bench
Georgiy Vitsin
Bezenchuk
Known for
Gentlemen of Fortune
Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross
Tatyana Pelttser
Vorobyaninov's mother-in-law
Known for
Formula of Love
Father Frost
Mark Zakharov Director · Ilya Ilf Author Yevgeni Petrov Author
Total runtime 4h 52m · Episode length 73 min · Type Miniseries
Show info
Premiered
January 2, 1977
Final episode
January 9, 1977
Status
Ended
Network
Central Television USSR
Country
Russia · Russia
Type
Miniseries
Episode length
73 min
Total runtime
4h 52m
Original language
Russian
Production
Ekran
Production
Russia
Produced in
Languages
Original title
12 стульев
Spoken on screen
Russian
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