Twelve chairs (comedy, dir. Leonid Gaidai, 1971)

Comedy film "Twelve Chairs" (1971) is a Soviet adaptation of Ilf and Petrov's novel. It follows Ostap Bender and Ippolit Matveevich Vorobyaninov as they search for a hidden family treasure that their late mother‑in‑law hid in one of the chairs. While they pursue the jewels, a priest named Father Fedor also investigates the mystery after it is revealed to him during confession. The film was a major box‑office success, drawing 39.3 million viewers.