The Twelve Chairs
A chair isn't a needle in a haystack
Created by Mark Zakharov
A buoyant, picaresque musical comedy about two mismatched con artists chasing a fortune across the Soviet Union, built on charm and absurdist adventure rather than cynicism.
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.
Essence
Ensemble
Andrey Mironov
Остап Бендер
Anatoliy Papanov
Киса Воробьянинов
Rolan Bykov
Отец Фёдор
Oleg Tabakov
Альхен
Tatyana Pelttser
Клавдия Ивановна
Nikolai Skorobogatov
дворник Тихон
Nikolai Karachentsov
актёр Подколесин
Lyubov Polishchuk
танцовщица
Georgiy Vitsin
Безенчук
Nelli Gosheva
жена Альхена
Anatoliy Obukhov
Кирилл Яковлевич
Vera Orlova
Елена Станиславовна
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