Twelve Chairs

IMDb 6.9 2004 • 198 min • Comedy

Director

Ulrike Ottinger

Country

DE

Plot Summary

...Her son-in-law, Ippolit Matwejewitch Worobjaninow, is a former nobleman and a dandy who is currently wasting away as a small town magistrate in charge of civil marriages. He eagerly takes up the quest to find the treasure. Meanwhile, over the years, the twelve chairs have been dispersed all over the country. However, Worobjaninow is not the only one in pursuit of the treasure. Hot on its trail are Ostap Bender, a clever and colorful conman, as well as Father Fjodor, a priest to whom the wealthy aristocrat has also confessed her secret. Thus begins a wild chase that ranges from North to South, West to East, across water and land, from the country to the city.

Top Cast

Georgiy Deliev
Georgiy Deliev Ostap Bender
Gennadiy Skarga
Gennadiy Skarga Ippolit Matveevich Vorobyaninov
Svetlana Dyagilyeva
Svetlana Dyagilyeva Klavdiya Ivanovna Petukhova
Boris Raev
Boris Raev Father Fyodor
Iryna Tokarchuk
Iryna Tokarchuk Elena Stanislavovna Bour