---
title: 'The Twelve Chairs (1971)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Leonid Gaidai'
released: '1971-06-21'
runtime_minutes: 152
genres:
  - 'Adventure'
countries:
  - 'Soviet Union'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-twelve-chairs-1971'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065670/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Twelve Chairs (1971)

1971 · 152 min · Adventure · Soviet Union

Original title: 12 стульев

## Synopsis

The Twelve Chairs is a 1971 Soviet comedy film directed by Leonid Gaidai. It is an adaptation of Ilf and Petrov's 1928 novel The Twelve Chairs.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Leonid Gaidai](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonid-gaidai)
- **Screenplay:** [Leonid Gaidai](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonid-gaidai), [Vladlen Bakhnov](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladlen-bakhnov)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Aleksandr Zatsepin](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksandr-zatsepin)
- **Director of Photography:** [Valeri Shuvalov](https://cinepixo.com/people/valeri-shuvalov), [Sergey Poluyanov](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergey-poluyanov)

## Cast

- [Igor Yasulovich](https://cinepixo.com/people/igor-yasulovich)
- [Victor Pavlov](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-pavlov)
- [Glikeria Bogdanova-Chesnokova](https://cinepixo.com/people/glikeria-bogdanova-chesnokova)
- [Georgy Vitsin](https://cinepixo.com/people/georgy-vitsin)
- [Natalya Vorobyova-Khrzhich](https://cinepixo.com/people/natalya-vorobyova-khrzhich) as Ellochka Shchukina
- [Erast Garin](https://cinepixo.com/people/erast-garin)
- [Vladimir Etush](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-etush)
- [Nina Agapova](https://cinepixo.com/people/nina-agapova)
- [Nikolay Gorlov](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikolay-gorlov)
- [Valeri Zolotukhin](https://cinepixo.com/people/valeri-zolotukhin)
- [Alexandr Chvylja](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexandr-chvylja)
- [Gotlib Roninson](https://cinepixo.com/people/gotlib-roninson)
- [Roman Filippov](https://cinepixo.com/people/roman-filippov) as Nikifor Lyapis-Trubetskoy
- [Natalya Varley](https://cinepixo.com/people/natalya-varley)
- [Stanislav Sadalsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanislav-sadalsky)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-twelve-chairs-1971
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