12 Chairs (1971)
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.
Director: Leonid Gaidai
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Archil Gomiashvili as Ostap Bender |
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Sergei Filippov as Ippolit "Kisa" Vorobyaninov |
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Mikhail Pugovkin as Father Fyodor |
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Glikeriya Bogdanova-Chesnokova as Yelena Stanislavovna Bour |
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Natalya Varley as Yelizaveta "Liza" Petrovna |
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Natalya Vorobyova as Ellochka Shchukina |
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Nina Grebeshkova as Musik, Bruns' wife |
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Natalya Krachkovskaya as madame Gritsatsuyeva |
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Klara Rumyanova as Father Fyodor's wife |
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Georgiy Vitsin as fitter Mechnikov |
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Nikolay Gorlov as Polesov |
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Savely Kramarov as one-eyed chess player |
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Yuriy Nikulin as janitor Tikhon |
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Viktor Pavlov as Kolya, Liza's husband |
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Gotlib Roninson as chairman Kislyarsky |
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Roman Filippov as poet Nikifor Lyapis-Trubetskoy |
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Grigoriy Shpigel as Aleksandr Yakovlevich |
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Vladimir Etush as Andrei Bruns |
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Igor Yasulovich as Ernest Shchukin |
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Nina Agapova as soloist of theater "Kolumb" |
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Rina Zelyonaya as editor of the magazine "Bride and Groom" |
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Irina Murzayeva as guide |
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Yevdokiya Urusova as Kisa's mother-in-law |
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Ruslan Akhmetov as actor of theater "Kolumb" |
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Eduard Bredun as Pasha Emilevich |
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Pavel Vinnik as waiter |
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Erast Garin as theater critic |
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Shalva Gejadze as poster hanger |
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Georgi Georgiu as person in charge at "Skryabin" |
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Aleksandr Denisov as |
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Vladimir Dorofeyev as club security guard |
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Ivan Zhevago as Dyadiev |
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Viktor Kolpakov as auction host |
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Yuri Medvedev as theater-goer |
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Radner Muratov as first chess player |
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Nikolai Pajitnov as Charushnikov |
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Viktor Uralsky as |
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Vladimir Ferapontov as actor of theater "Kolumb" |
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Aleksandr Khvylia as the owner of "Vakkhanyuk" |
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Arsen Berzin as (uncredited) |
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Olga Bogdanova as (uncredited) |
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Mikhail Bocharov as (uncredited) |
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Ivan Bychkov as (uncredited) |
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Vladimir Vanyshev as (uncredited) |
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Zoya Vasilkova as (uncredited) |
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Nelli Vitepash as (uncredited) |
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Vyacheslav Voynarovsky as (uncredited) |
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Vladimir Vyazovik as (uncredited) |
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Leonid Gaidai as Varfolomey Korobeinikov (uncredited) |
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Meer Goldovsky as (uncredited) |
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Aleksey Zaytsev as (uncredited) |
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Nina Zakharova as (uncredited) |
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Anatoliy Kalabulin as (uncredited) |
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Mikhail Kalinkin as (uncredited) |
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Andrey Kartashov as (uncredited) |
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Evgeniya Kiryakova as (uncredited) |
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Vasiliy Kornukov as (uncredited) |
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Yevgeni Krasavtsev as (uncredited) |
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Vladimir Kuznetsov as (uncredited) |
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Nikolay Kutuzov as (uncredited) |
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Aleksandr Lapdhin as (uncredited) |
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Yakov Lents as (uncredited) |
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Yuri Malkovskiy as (uncredited) |
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Vladimir Myshkin as (uncredited) |
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Natalya Nazarova as (uncredited) |
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Lydia Prikhodko as (uncredited) |
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Valeriy Prokhorov as (uncredited) |
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Stanislav Sadalskiy as (uncredited) |
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Valentin Smirnov as (uncredited) |
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Aleksey Stroev as (uncredited) |
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Ivan Turchenkov as (uncredited) |
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Viktor Fokin as (uncredited) |
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Ivan Tsaryov as (uncredited) |
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Anatoli Chebotaryov as (uncredited) |
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Igor Shapovalov as (uncredited) |
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Rostislav Plyatt as narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
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Yuriy Sarantsev as Ostap Bender (voice) (uncredited) |
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Valeriy Zolotukhin as Ostap Bender (singing voice) (uncredited) |
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Nadezhda Rumyantseva as Yelizaveta "Liza" Petrovna (voice) (uncredited) |
| Writing | Vladlen Bakhnov | Writer |
| Writing | Leonid Gaidai | Writer |
| Directing | Leonid Gaidai | Director |
| Editing | Klavdia Aleeva | Editor |
| Camera | Valery Shuvalov | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Sergei Poluyanov | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Yevgeni Petrov | Novel |
| Sound | Aleksandr Zatsepin | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Ilya Ilf | Novel |
| Production | Arkadiy Ashkinazi | Executive Producer |
| Production | A. But | Executive Producer |
| Camera | V. Danilov | Assistant Camera |
| Visual Effects | Nikolai Solovtsov | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yuri Trofimov | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Natalia Chervinskaya | Animation Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Konstantin Savitsky | Costume Design |
| Writing | Nikolay Yevdokimov | Script Editor |
| Sound | Raisa Lukina | Music Editor |
| Writing | Leonid Derbenyov | Lyricist |
| Camera | Igor Shtanko | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Georgiy Garanyan | Conductor |
| Sound | Raisa Margachyova | Sound Director |
| Art | Yevgeniy Kumankov | Production Design |
| Crew | Valeriy Fraer | Stunt Coordinator |
| Directing | E. Galkovskaya | Assistant Director |
| Directing | I. Tsetnerovich | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Natalya Sysoeva | Assistant Director |
| Visual Effects | Zoya Moryakova | VFX Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Aleksandr Renkov | VFX Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lenna Rashkovsky-Kaleva | Makeup & Hair |
| Sound | Viktor Babushkin | Music Sound Design and Processing |
| Art | Aleksandr Makarov | Set Designer |
| Directing | Marina Koldobskaya | First Assistant Director |
| Crew | Ivan Tsaryov | Stunts |
| Crew | Anatoly Trofimov | Stunts |
| Crew | Nikolay Vashchilin | Stunts |
| Crew | Oleg Savosin | Stunts |
| Crew | Viktor Zherdev | Stunts |
| Crew | Andrey Tsyupachenko | Stunts |
| Crew | Gennadiy Postnikov | Stunts |