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12 Chairs

19712h 41mLeonid Gaidai

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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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What is 12 Chairs (1971) 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.

Who stars in 12 Chairs?

12 Chairs stars Archil Gomiashvili (Ostap Bender), Sergei Filippov (Ippolit "Kisa" Vorobyaninov), Mikhail Pugovkin (Father Fyodor), Glikeriya Bogdanova-Chesnokova (Yelena Stanislavovna Bour), Natalya Varley (Yelizaveta "Liza" Petrovna). The film was directed by Leonid Gaidai.

How long is 12 Chairs?

12 Chairs has a runtime of 2 min and premiered in 1971.

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