Comedy based on the novel of the same name by I. Ilf and E. Petrov.

Ostap Bender, shortly after arriving in Stargorod, meets Ippolit "Pussy" Vorobyaninov, a Marshal of Nobility who's looking for a set of 12 chairs that belonged to his motherinlaw, who on her deathbed confesses of hiding diamonds in one of them. However, the confession is overheard by Father Fyodor, who is also looking for them. Ostap and Ippolit decide to go on the search together, traveling all around Russia and having a series of misadventures.

IMDb rating: 8.2

Year of production: 1971

Director: Gaidai Leonid
Writers: Leonid Gaidai, Vladlen Bakhnov
Composer: Alexander Zatsepin
Operators: Poluyanov Sergey, Shuvalov Valery
Production Designer: Evgeniy Kumankov

Cast: Filippov Roman, Pugovkin Mikhail, Nikulin Yuri, Grebeshkova Nina, Krachkovskaya Natalia, Kramarov Saveliy, Varley Natalia, Etush Vladimir, Gomiashvili Archil, Pavlov Viktor, Filippov Sergei, Vorobieva Natalia, Yasulovich Igor, Gorlov Nikolay, Roninson Gottlieb, Gaidai Leonid , BogdanovaChesnokova Glykeria