

A former aristocrat Ippolit Vorobyaninov leads a miserable life in Soviet Russia. His mother-in-law reveals a secret to him - she hid family diamonds in one of the twelve chairs they once had. Vorobyaninov in cooperation with a young con artist Ostap Bender start a long search for the diamonds.

Archil Gomiashvili
Ostap Bender
Lead
Sergei Filippov
Ippolit "Kisa" Vorobyaninov

Mikhail Pugovkin
Father Fyodor

Glikeriya Bogdanova-Chesnokova
Yelena Stanislavovna Bour

Natalya Varley
Yelizaveta "Liza" Petrovna

Natalya Vorobyova
Ellochka Shchukina

Nina Grebeshkova
Musik, Bruns' wife

Natalya Krachkovskaya
madame Gritsatsuyeva
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Leonid Gaidai's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
“Every frame feels alive. 12 Chairs is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”