Twelve Chairs

Year: 2004

Runtime: 198 mins

Language: German

Director: Ulrike Ottinger

Comedy

Ippolit Matwejewitch Worobjaninow, a former noble turned small‑town magistrate overseeing civil marriages, embarks on the search for a treasure hidden in twelve scattered chairs. He is not alone: flamboyant conman Ostap Bender and Father Fjodor, a priest who knows the secret, join the chase. Their frantic pursuit carries them across Russia, from rural villages to bustling cities, in a wild, comedic race for the loot.

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