The Twelve Chairs (1971 film)

The Twelve Chairs (Russian: 12 стульев, romanized: Dvenadtsat stulyev) is a 1971 Soviet comedy film directed by Leonid Gaidai.^[1] It is an adaptation of Ilf and Petrov's 1928 novel The Twelve Chairs.

The Twelve Chairs
Directed by	Leonid Gaidai
Written by	Vladlen Bakhnov Leonid Gaidai
Based on	The Twelve Chairs by Ilf and Petrov
Starring	Archil Gomiashvili Sergey Filippov Mikhail Pugovkin Natalya Krachkovskaya
Narrated by	Rostislav Plyatt
Cinematography	Sergei Poluyanov Valery Shuvalov
Music by	Aleksandr Zatsepin
Production company	Mosfilm
Release date	21 June 1971 (1971-06-21)
Running time	159 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Plot

Ostap Bender, shortly after arriving in Stargorod, meets Ippolit "Kisa" Vorobyaninov, a Marshal of Nobility who is looking for a set of 12 chairs that belonged to his mother-in-law, who on her deathbed confesses of hiding diamonds in one of them. However, the confession is overheard by Father Fyodor, who is also looking for them. Ostap and Kisa decide to go on the search together, traveling all around Russia and having a series of misadventures.

Cast

• Archil Gomiashvili as Ostap Bender (voiced by Yuri Sarantsev; singing voice by Valeri Zolotukhin; in some scenes speaks in his own voice)
• Sergey Filippov as Ippolit Matveyevich "Kisa" Vorobyaninov
• Mikhail Pugovkin as Father Fyodor, priest
• Natalya Krachkovskaya as Madame Gritsatsuyeva
• Igor Yasulovich as Ernest Shchukin, engineer
• Natalya Vorobyova as Ellochka Shchukina, Ernest Shchukin's wife
• Klara Rumyanova as Katerina Aleksandrovna, Father Fyodor's wife
• Natalya Varley as Yelizaveta "Liza" Petrovna (voiced by Nadezhda Rumyantseva)
• Georgy Vitsin as fitter Mechnikov
• Savely Kramarov as one-eyed chess player
• Radner Muratov as first chess player
• Viktor Pavlov as Kolya, Liza's husband
• Gotlib Roninson as chairman Kislyarsky
• Roman Filippov as poet Nikifor Lyapis-Trubetskoy
• Grigory Shpigel as Aleksandr Yakovlevich
• Yuri Nikulin as janitor Tikhon
• Glikeriya Bogdanova-Chesnokova as Yelena Stanislavovna Bour
• Vladimir Etush as Andrei Bruns
• Nina Grebeshkova as Musik, Bruns' wife
• Alexander Khvylya as Vakkhanyuk
• Nina Agapova as soloist of theater "Kolumb"
• Rina Zelyonaya as editor of youth problem magazine "Groom and Bride"
• Irina Murzaeva as guide of furniture craftsmanship museum
• Yevdokiya Urusova as Klavdiya Ivanovna Petukhova, Kisa's mother-in-law
• Erast Garin as theater critic
• Leonid Gaidai as Varfolomey Korobeinikov (uncredited)
• Rostislav Plyatt as Narrator (uncredited)
• Stanislav Sadalsky as fireman in theater "Kolumb" (uncredited)