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.
Cast
Archil Gomiashvili
Остап Бендер
Sergei Filippov
Киса Воробьянинов
Mikhail Pugovkin
Отец Фёдор
Nina Grebeshkova
Мусик / Царица Тамара
Yuriy Nikulin
дворник Тихон
Natalya Krachkovskaya
мадам Грицацуева
Natalya Varley
Лиза
Igor Yasulovich
инженер Щукин
Georgiy Vitsin
монтёр Мечников
Savely Kramarov
председатель шахматного клуба
Klara Rumyanova
попадья
Leonid Gaidai
Коробейников
Ivan Zhevago
редактор газеты «Станок»
Natalya Vorobyova
Эллочка Щукина
Vladimir Kuznetsov
шахматист (uncredited)
Anatoli Chebotaryov
Unknown
Lydia Prikhodko
Unknown
Crew
Leonid Gaidai
Director, Writer
Vladlen Bakhnov
Writer
Nikolay Yevdokimov
Script Editor
Yevgeni Petrov
Novel
Ilya Ilf
Novel
Klavdia Aleeva
Editor
Sergei Poluyanov
Director of Photography
Valery Shuvalov
Director of Photography
I. Tsetnerovich
First Assistant Director
E. Galkovskaya
First Assistant Director
Natalya Sysoeva
Second Assistant Director
Marina Koldobskaya
Assistant Director
Arkadiy Ashkinazi
Executive Producer
A. But
Executive Producer
Yevgeniy Kumankov
Production Design
Igor Shtanko
Camera Operator
V. Danilov
Assistant Camera
Aleksandr Renkov
Visual Effects Camera
Konstantin Savitsky
Costume Design
Natalia Chervinskaya
Animation Director
Nikolai Solovtsov
Animation
Yuri Trofimov
Animation
Lenna Rashkovsky-Kaleva
Makeup Artist
Raisa Margachyova
Sound Director
Viktor Babushkin
Sound Recordist
Zoya Moryakova
VFX Artist
Aleksandr Zatsepin
Original Music Composer
Raisa Lukina
Music Editor
Leonid Derbenyov
Lyricist
Aleksandr Makarov
Set Decoration, Assistant Production Design
Valeriy Fraer
Stunt Coordinator
Georgiy Garanyan
Conductor
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