Ilf and Petrov
The Thirteen Chairs (12 + 1 – original title and Italian release title) is a 1969 comedy film directed by Nicolas Gessner and Luciano Lucignani and starring Sharon Tate, Vittorio Gassman, Orson Welles, Vittorio De Sica, and Tim Brooke-Taylor. It was based on the 1928 satirical novel "The Twelve Chairs" by Soviet authors Ilf and Petrov, which has been adapted many times (including a 1970 version directed by Mel Brooks).