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12 Chairs (1971)

Original title: 12 стульев

1971-06-21 · 2h 41m · RU
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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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Leonid GaidaiDirector, WriterVladlen BakhnovWriter

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Archil GomiashviliArchil GomiashviliОстап БендерSergei FilippovSergei FilippovКиса ВоробьяниновMikhail PugovkinMikhail PugovkinОтец ФёдорNina GrebeshkovaNina GrebeshkovaМусик / Царица ТамараYuriy NikulinYuriy Nikulinдворник ТихонNatalya KrachkovskayaNatalya Krachkovskayaмадам ГрицацуеваNatalya VarleyNatalya VarleyЛизаIgor YasulovichIgor Yasulovichинжинер ЩукинGeorgiy VitsinGeorgiy Vitsinмонтёр МечниковSavely KramarovSavely Kramarovпредседатель шахматного клубаKlara RumyanovaKlara RumyanovaпопадьяLeonid GaidaiLeonid GaidaiКоробейников

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Genre affinityComedy · AdventureTheme affinityBased On Novel Or BookDialogue densityComedyPacingLongDirector preference300753Actor preference340629 · 365546 · 347229

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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.

How long is 12 Chairs?

12 Chairs has a runtime of 161 minutes.