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.
Top Cast
Archil Gomiashvili
Ostap Bender
Sergei Filippov
Ippolit "Kisa" Vorobyaninov
Mikhail Pugovkin
Father Fyodor
Glikeriya Bogdanova-Chesnokova
Yelena Stanislavovna Bour
Natalya Varley
Yelizaveta "Liza" Petrovna
Natalya Vorobyova
Ellochka Shchukina
Nina Grebeshkova
Musik, Bruns' wife
Natalya Krachkovskaya
madame Gritsatsuyeva
Klara Rumyanova
Father Fyodor's wife
Georgiy Vitsin
fitter Mechnikov
Nikolay Gorlov
Polesov
Savely Kramarov
one-eyed chess player
Yuriy Nikulin
janitor Tikhon
Viktor Pavlov
Kolya, Liza's husband
Gotlib Roninson
chairman Kislyarsky
Roman Filippov
poet Nikifor Lyapis-Trubetskoy
FAQ about 12 Chairs
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…
When was 12 Chairs released?
12 Chairs was released in 1971.
What genres does 12 Chairs belong to?
12 Chairs is categorised as Comedy, Adventure, Crime.
Who stars in 12 Chairs?
The cast of 12 Chairs includes Archil Gomiashvili, Sergei Filippov, Mikhail Pugovkin, Glikeriya Bogdanova-Chesnokova, Natalya Varley.