Twelve Chairs

Original title: 12 stulev

1971
PG-13
2h 33m

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Two gentlemen of fortune from the times of Imperial Russia are looking for an uncountable treasure at the dawn of the Soviet Union age.Two gentlemen of fortune from the times of Imperial Russia are looking for an uncountable treasure at the dawn of the Soviet Union age.Two gentlemen of fortune from the times of Imperial Russia are looking for an uncountable treasure at the dawn of the Soviet Union age.

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Archil Gomiashvili

Ostap Bender

Sergey Filippov

Kisa Vorobyaninov

Mikhail Pugovkin

Father Fyodor

Glikeriya Bogdanova-Chesnokova

Yelena Stanislavovna Bour
(as G. Bogdanova-Chesnokova)

Natalya Varley

Liza
(as N. Varley)

Natalya Vorobyova

Ellochka Shchukina
(as N. Vorobyova)

Nina Grebeshkova

Musik
(as N. Grebeshova)
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Natalya Krachkovskaya

madam Gritsatsuyeva
(as N. Krachkovskaya)

Klara Rumyanova

matushka Katerina Alexandrovna
(as K. Rumyanova)

Georgiy Vitsin

Mechnikov - montyor
(as G. Vitsin)

Nikolay Gorlov

Polesov
(as N. Gorlov)

Saveliy Kramarov

One-eyed amateur chess player in Vasyuki
(as S. Kramarov)

Yuriy Nikulin

Tikhon, street cleaner
(as Yu. Nikulin)

Viktor Pavlov

Kolya
(as V. Pavlov)

Gotlib Roninson

Kislyarskiy
(as G. Rononson)

Roman Filippov

poet Lyapis-Trubetskoy
(as R. Filipov)

Grigoriy Shpigel

Alhen
(as G. Shpigel)

Vladimir Etush

Bruns, engineer
(as V. Etush)

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Trivia
Georgiy Daneliya was originally set to direct, but he yielded the job to Leonid Gaidai who wanted to direct the movie.

Goofs
During the boat chase, a white triangle, presumably a sail, is seen as Ostap circles the overturned boat; would not be visible during the true night scene.

Quotes
Kisa Vorobyaninov: Well, I'm going now.
Ostap Bender: You don't need to hurry anywhere. The secret police will come for you.
Kisa Vorobyaninov: I don't know what you mean.
Ostap Bender: You soon will.

Crazy credits
17 minutes before the ending there is an intertitle stating: There are 00 hours, 17 minutes and 19 seconds before the end of the film.

Connections
Featured in Ravnyaetsya odnomu Gaftu (2010)

Soundtracks
Gde sredi pampasov begayut bizony...
("Tango pirata")
Written by Aleksandr Zatsepin and Leonid Derbenyov
Performed by Valeriy Zolotukhin

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10/10

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The best Soviet film I have ever seen. Interesting and fascinating Adventures of Kis Vorobyaninov Ostap Bender fascinate. It's a good and entertaining movie, I highly recommend watching it.