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Twelve Chairs

★ 8.2 6K votes 1977–1977 1 season · 4 episodes Ended Central Television USSR
Heists & consCapers, con artists and elaborate schemes.This show: 9/10SatiricalComedy sharpened into social and political critique.This show: 8/10Period pieceSet meaningfully in a past era.This show: 8/10Dialogue-drivenThe writing's voice is the main event.This show: 7/10Dry humorDeadpan, understated wit.This show: 7/10Antihero leadA protagonist doing bad things you can't stop watching.This show: 7/10Witty banterRapid-fire verbal sparring.This show: 7/10Tight limited runA compact, complete story told in just a few episodes.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Andrey MironovAnatoliy PapanovRolan BykovLidiya Fedoseeva-ShukshinaVera OrlovaNikolai Skorobogatov
Starring
Andrey MironovAnatoliy PapanovRolan BykovLidiya Fedoseeva-ShukshinaVera OrlovaNikolai Skorobogatov
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About

"A scavenger hunt for treasure and self-respect"

Set in early Soviet Russia, a down-on-his-luck former nobleman learns his mother-in-law hid the family jewels inside one of twelve dining chairs before the Revolution scattered them. He teams up with a fast-talking con artist to track down every chair before anyone else finds the fortune first. The result is a breezy, witty caper full of absurd side characters and sharp period satire, carried almost entirely by its leads' comic chemistry and quick verbal sparring. It moves briskly, leans on charm rather than spectacle, and rewards viewers who enjoy dry, literate humor.

Watch it for

the effortless comic double act between the con man and his reluctant partner.

Maybe skip if

you need modern pacing or don't enjoy dialogue-driven, theatrical Soviet-era comedy.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Miniseries1977
7.824944h 32m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Chapter I7.7
6764 min
▶2Chapter II7.8
6159 min
▶3Chapter III7.8
6074 min
▶4Chapter IV7.9
6175 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Andrey Mironov Ostap Bender
Anatoliy Papanov Ippolit Matveevich Vorobyaninov «Kisa»
Zinoviy Gerdt Self - Narrator
Rolan Bykov Father Fyodor
Lidiya Fedoseeva-Shukshina Madame Gritsatsueva
Vera Orlova Elena Stanislavovna Bour
Nikolai Skorobogatov Tikhon
Oleg Tabakov Alexander Yakovlevich «Alhen»
Mark Prudkin Varfolomey Korobeynikov
Dmitriy Goshev Kislyarskiy

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