Zwölf Stühle

Deutschland 2003/2004 Spielfilm

Summary

Twelve Chairs

On her death bed, an old Russian aristocrat entrusts her son-in-law with a strictly guarded secret. Namely, that she had hidden all of her valuable jewelry in one of the twelve salon chairs that were taken away from her after the revolution.

 

Her son-in-law, Ippolit Matwejewitch Worobjaninow, is a former nobleman and a dandy who is currently wasting away as a small town magistrate in charge of civil marriages. He eagerly takes up the quest to find the treasure. Meanwhile, over the years, the twelve chairs have been dispersed all over the country. However, Worobjaninow is not the only one in pursuit of the treasure. Hot on its trail are Ostap Bender, a clever and colorful conman, as well as Father Fjodor, a priest to whom the wealthy aristocrat has also confessed her secret. Thus begins a wild chase that ranges from North to South, West to East, across water and land, from the country to the city.

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Credits

Director

Screenplay

Director of photography

Cast

Producer

All Credits

Director

Screenplay

Director of photography

Assistant camera

Sound editor

Audio mixing

Cast

Voice

in association with

Producer

Unit production manager

Shoot

    • 16.04.2003 - 26.06.2003: Ukraine (Odessa, Wilkowo, Bilgorod, Krim)
Duration:
198 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,66
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Ton
Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 08.02.2004, Berlin, IFF - Forum;
Kinostart (DE): 13.01.2005

Titles

  • Originaltitel (DE) Zwölf Stühle
  • Schreibvariante (DE) 12 Stühle
  • Originaltitel (DE) Zwölf Stühle (Digital restaurierte Fassung 2019)

Versions

Original

Duration:
198 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,66
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Ton
Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 08.02.2004, Berlin, IFF - Forum;
Kinostart (DE): 13.01.2005

Formatfassung

Weiterer Titel (DE)
  • Originaltitel (DE)
  • Zwölf Stühle (Digital restaurierte Fassung 2019)
Duration:
198 min
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Ton
Screening:

Aufführung (DE): 05.09.2019 [In ausgewählten Kinos]