The Twelve Chairs
Also known as Twelve Chairs, 12 Chairs
1971 Soviet comedy film by Leonid Gaidai
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7.6A 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.
Released: 1971-06-21161 minDir: Leonid GaidaiComedy, Adventure, Crime
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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
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