Screenplay: Ilya Ilf

Direction Leonid Gaidai

Cast Archil Gomiashvili · Sergei Filippov · Mikhail Pugovkin · Natalya Krachkovskaya

Direction Tomás Gutiérrez Alea

Cast Enrique Santiesteban · Reynaldo Miravalles · René Sánchez · Idalberto Delgado

Synopsis The Twelve Chairs (1962) follows the story of a nephew who discovers that his wealthy aunt, fearing the confiscation of her assets by socialist revolutionaries, had secreted her valuables within a set of twelve dining chairs. Upon her passing, the...

Direction Grigori Aleksandrov

Cast Lyubov Orlova · Yevgeniya Melnikova · Vladimir Volodin · Sergei Stolyarov

Direction Mel Brooks

Cast Ron Moody · Frank Langella · Dom DeLuise · Andréas Voutsinas

Synopsis The Twelve Chairs (1970) follows a thrilling treasure hunt set in post-revolutionary Russia. An elderly former nobleman, Ippolit, has acclimated to life under the new communist regime. He and a cunning priest, Father Fyodor, discover that a family fortune in...

Direction Carlo Mazzacurati

Cast Valerio Mastandrea · Isabella Ragonese · Giuseppe Battiston · Antonio Albanese

Direction Nicolas Gessner

Cast Sharon Tate · Vittorio Gassman · Orson Welles · Vittorio De Sica

Synopsis 12 + 1 (1969) follows the escapades of Mario, a young man with a reputation for womanizing, who inherits a set of 13 dilapidated antique chairs. Initially planning to sell them for quick cash, Mario soon discovers that one of...

Direction Monty Banks

Cast George Formby · Florence Desmond · Gus McNaughton · Alastair Sim

Synopsis Keep Your Seats, Please! (1936) follows a thrilling treasure hunt where a substantial fortune in precious gems is concealed within one of six chairs. The challenge falls to the prospective heir to uncover the hidden treasure, leading to a series...

Direction Mark Zakharov

Cast Andrey Mironov · Anatoli Papanov · Aleksandr Makarov · Nikolai Skorobogatov

Synopsis Twelve Chairs (TV) (TV Miniseries) (1977) follows the adventures of two cunning individuals who embark on a quest to locate a set of twelve chairs. Their mission is driven by the knowledge that one of these chairs conceals a hidden...

Direction Mikhail Shvejtser

Cast Sergei Yursky · Leonid Kuravlyov · Zinoviy Gerdt · Evgeni Evstigneev

Synopsis The Golden Calf (1968) follows the escapades of a cunning trickster, Ostap Bender, who, having narrowly escaped a murder plot orchestrated by Kisa Vorobyaninov in the previous film, now sets his sights on a new target. Bender devises an elaborate...

Direction Martin Fric · Michal Waszynski

Cast Vlasta Burian · Adolf Dymsza · Zula Pogorzelska · Zofia Jaroszewska

Synopsis The Twelve Chairs (1933) follows the comedic misadventures of Ferdinand Suplátko, a barber who discovers that his late aunt has bequeathed him her entire fortune and house. Eager to claim his inheritance, Ferdinand travels to Warszawa, only to find that...

Direction Ulrike Ottinger

Cast Georgi Deliyev · Gennadiy Skarga · Svetlana Dyagilyeva · Boris Raev

Synopsis Twelve Chairs (2004) follows the tale of a Russian aristocrat who, on her deathbed, reveals a hidden treasure to her son-in-law. The secret involves a fortune in valuable jewelry concealed within one of twelve elegant salon chairs, which were confiscated...

Direction Franz Eichhorn

Cast Oscarito · Renata Fronzi · Zé Trindade · Grijo Sobrinho

Direction E.W. Emo

Cast Heinz Rühmann · Hans Moser · Inge List · Clementia Egies

Synopsis 13 Stühle (1938) follows the journey of Rabe, who ventures to Vienna with high hopes of receiving a substantial inheritance from his aunt. However, upon arrival, he discovers that his aunt has left behind only 13 chairs. In a desperate...

Direction Igor Zaytsev

Cast Sergey Bezrukov · Aram Vardevanyan · Nikita Kologrivyy · Taisiya Vilkova

Synopsis Bender: The Beginning (2021) is set in the year 1919, where destiny brings together a young, optimistic individual named Osya and the cunning Turkish con artist, Ibrahim Bender. The narrative unfolds as these two contrasting figures cross paths, leading to...