The Twelve Chairs (1971)

Original title

12 стульев

Directed by

Leonid Gaidai

Genre

adventure film, crime comedy film, treasure hunt film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

2h 32m

Rating

7.7 of 10 from 177 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A former nobleman and a con artist search for hidden diamonds sewn into one of twelve chairs. Their quest takes them across the Soviet Union.

comedicfast-pacedquirkyplayfulslapstickwhimsical

What happens

The Twelve Chairs (Russian: 12 стульев, romanized: Dvenadtsat stulyev) is a 1971 Soviet comedy film directed by Leonid Gaidai. It is an adaptation of Ilf and Petrov's 1928 novel The Twelve Chairs. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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