A former aristocrat Ippolit Vorobyaninov leads a miserable life in Soviet Russia. His mother-in-law reveals a secret to him - she hid family diamonds in one of the twelve chairs they once had. Vorobyaninov in cooperation with a young con artist Ostap Bender start a long search for the diamonds.
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Ippolit "Kisa" Vorobyaninov
Father Fyodor
Yelena Stanislavovna Bour
Yelizaveta "Liza" Petrovna
Ellochka Shchukina
Musik, Bruns' wife
madame Gritsatsuyeva
Father Fyodor's wife
fitter Mechnikov
Polesov
one-eyed chess player
janitor Tikhon
Kolya, Liza's husband
chairman Kislyarsky
poet Nikifor Lyapis-Trubetskoy
Aleksandr Yakovlevich
Andrei Bruns
Ernest Shchukin
soloist of theater "Kolumb"
editor of the magazine "Bride and Groom"
guide
Kisa's mother-in-law
actor of theater "Kolumb"
Pasha Emilevich
waiter
theater critic
poster hanger
person in charge at "Skryabin"
club security guard
Dyadiev
auction host
theater-goer
first chess player
Charushnikov
actor of theater "Kolumb"
the owner of "Vakkhanyuk"
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Ostap Bender (voice) (uncredited)
Ostap Bender (singing voice) (uncredited)
Yelizaveta "Liza" Petrovna (voice) (uncredited)
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Original Music Composer
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Assistant Camera
Animation
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Animation Director
Costume Design
Script Editor
Music Editor
Lyricist
Camera Operator
Conductor
Sound Director
Production Design
Stunt Coordinator
Assistant Director
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VFX Supervisor
VFX Director of Photography
Makeup & Hair
Music Sound Design and Processing
Set Designer
First Assistant Director
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