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Twelve Chairs (1977)
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Original name: 12 стульев
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Mystery
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 68 min.
TV show
Story:
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.
Style:
humorous, captivating, entertaining, cynical, funny
Plot:
treasure hunt, hidden treasure, follow your dream, reluctant partners, uninhibited rivalry, cons and scams, wealth, it was all a dream, unlikely partners, partners in crime, love, interwar period, con artists, surrealism, treasure hunter, following a dream, jewelry, furniture, soviet, chair, jewel
Time:
1920s
Place:
soviet union, russia, ussr, russian
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, captivating, entertaining and funny films and TV series with plots about satire, escapades, humour, treasure hunt, treasure, hidden treasure and friendship mostly in Comedy, Adventure and Crime genres. Some movies like Twelve Chairs: Bender: The Final Hustle (2021), Evasive Inquiry Agency (2007), What Has the Deceased Said (2000), Graf Montenegro (2006), The Diamond Arm (1969). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: Soviet Union, Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
soviet union, ussr, russia
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Comedy
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Style:
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Plot:
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Plot:
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy
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Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, entertaining, humorous, funny, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
hidden treasure, treasure hunt, treasure map, humour, escapades, obsessive quest, treasure hunter, treasure, map, family secret, inheritance, car chase ...
Time:
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Place:
montenegro, eastern europe
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37%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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TV show
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Place:
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Style:
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Style:
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