The Twelve Chairs

About The Twelve Chairs

Set in late-1920s Soviet Union, Ostap Bender and Ippolit "Kisa" Vorobyaninov are after a stash of diamonds hidden in one of the chairs in 12-chair set. They are forced to go on a cross-country chase when the chairs are auctioned off.

The Twelve Chairs is a comedy series that ran on Central Television USSR. It reached one season of 4 episodes from January 1977.

The series is filed under musical comedy, mironov, and papanov. The series began as a novel. Andrey Mironov leads the cast as Ostap Bender, Anatoliy Papanov as Ippolit Matveevich Vorobyaninov «Kisa», and Zinoviy Gerdt as self - narrator (voice).

TMDB voters put it at 7.5 out of 10 across 102 votes and it carries a NR rating.