The Twelve Chairs (1977)

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

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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