12 Chairs

1971 2h 41m RU

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7.6

BANGER

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8.1

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★7.6TMDB · 183★8.1IMDB · 8,149

ComedyAdventureCrime

Synopsis

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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.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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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

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Leonid Gaidai
Writers: Vladlen Bakhnov, Leonid Gaidai
Languages: Russian
Countries: Soviet Union

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RUNTIME

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Clocks in at 161 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.

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ERA

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55 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Leonid Gaidai, shot by Valery Shuvalov. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Aleksandr Zatsepin. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Klavdia Aleeva shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Archil Gomiashvili and Sergei Filippov and Mikhail Pugovkin carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0065670 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Leonid Gaidai directs. Valery Shuvalov behind the camera. Aleksandr Zatsepin scores. Klavdia Aleeva cuts. A long sit — settle in. Produced in Soviet Union. Dialogue in Russian.

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Things worth knowing

1Clocks in at 161 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
255 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Directed by Leonid Gaidai, shot by Valery Shuvalov. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Aleksandr Zatsepin. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Klavdia Aleeva shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Archil Gomiashvili and Sergei Filippov and Mikhail Pugovkin carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0065670 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.