Underplayed Gems

The Twelve Chairs (1977)

The Twelve Chairs poster
Original title
12 стульев
Directed by
Mark Zakharov
Genre
comedy film, melodrama, comedy television series, crime television series, adventure television series, treasure hunt film
Country
Soviet Union
Length
1 season, 4 episodes
Rated
NR
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 95 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A con man and a former aristocrat search for valuable jewels hidden inside one of twelve chairs. They travel across the country trying to find the right set of chairs before someone else does.

comicwhimsicalupbeatmusicaladventurousfast-pacedplayfulsatirical

What happens

The Twelve Chairs (Russian: 12 стульев) is a 1976 four-episode musical television film directed by Mark Zakharov based on the 1928 novel of the same name by Ilf and Petrov. It is the second full-length adaptation of the novel in the Soviet Union (the first was directed by Leonid Gaidai) and is the sixth one in the world. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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