The Twelve Chairs (1971 film)

The Twelve Chairs
Directed byLeonid Gaidai
Written by
  • Vladlen Bakhnov
  • Leonid Gaidai
Based onThe Twelve Chairs
by Ilf and Petrov
StarringArchil Gomiashvili
Sergey Filippov
Mikhail Pugovkin
Natalya Krachkovskaya
Narrated byRostislav Plyatt
CinematographySergei Poluyanov
Valery Shuvalov
Music byAleksandr Zatsepin
Production
company
Release date
  • 21 June 1971 (1971-06-21)
Running time
159 minutes
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

The Twelve Chairs (Russian: 12 стульев, romanizedDvenadtsat stulyev) is a 1971 Soviet comedy film directed by Leonid Gaidai.[1] It is an adaptation of Ilf and Petrov's 1928 novel The Twelve Chairs.