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Story
Set in late-1920s Soviet Union, Ostap Bender and Ippolit "Kisa" Vorobyaninov are after a stash of diamonds hidden in one of the chairs in 12-chair set. They are forced to go on a cross-country chase when the chairs are auctioned off.
Based on the novel The Twelve Chairs by Ilf and Petrov & Ilya Ilf (1928)
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About the show
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.
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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.
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Where to watch
In the UK, updated daily.
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Star cast
Full cast & crew
Behind the camera
- Music
- Gennadiy Gladkov
Seasons
Ended 1977 · 1 season · 4 episodes
