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Ilya Ilf was born Ilya Arnoldovich Fayzilberg on October 15, 1897, in Odessa, Russian Empire (now Odesa, Ukraine). His father, named Arnold Fayzilberg, was a clerk at a bank. In 1913, he graduated from a Technical School. He worked as a clerk, a telephone technician, and had various industrial jobs in Odessa. After the Russian Revolution, he ... See full bio »

Born:

October 15, 1897 in Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]

Died:

April 13, 1937 (age 39) in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]

Known For

Keep Your Seats, Please!

Keep Your Seats, Please! Writer

(1936)

Sovershenno seryozno

Sovershenno seryozno Writer

(1961)

Twelve Chairs Writer

(1971)

Ekhali v tramvaye Ilf i Petrov

Ekhali v tramvaye Ilf i Petrov Writer

(1972)

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2013 La sedia della felicità (novel "Dvenadzat' stul'ev" - uncredited)

2010 Zlatno tele (TV Movie) (novel)

2005 Zolotoy telyonok (TV Mini-Series) (novel)

2004 12 stulev (TV Movie) (novel)

2004 Zwölf Stühle (novel "Dvenadtsat stulyev")

1997 Mein Opa und die 13 Stühle (TV Movie) (novel "Dvenadzat' stul'ev" - uncredited)

1993 Mechty idiota (novel "Zolotoj telyonok")

1988 Svetlaya lichnost (novel)

1977 12 stulev (TV Mini-Series) (novel "Dvenadtsat stulyev" - 4 episodes)

- Chapter IV (1977) ... (novel "Dvenadtsat stulyev")

- Chapter III (1977) ... (novel "Dvenadtsat stulyev")

- Chapter II (1977) ... (novel "Dvenadtsat stulyev")

- Chapter I (1977) ... (novel "Dvenadtsat stulyev")

1974 Aranyborjú (TV Movie) (as Ilf)

1972 Ekhali v tramvaye Ilf i Petrov (story)

1971 Twelve Chairs (novel "Dvenadtsat stulyev")

1970 The Twelve Chairs (novel "Dvenadtsat stulyev" - as Ilf)

1969 12 + 1 (novel "Dvenadtsat stulyev" - as Ilf)

1969 Prehlídce velim já (novel"Zolotoj telyonok")

1968 The Golden Calf (novel "Zolotoy telyonok")

1967 A nagy kombinátor (TV Movie)

1966 12 stulyev (TV Movie) (written by)

1962 Las doce sillas (novel "Dvenadtsat stulyev")

1961 Sovershenno seryozno (story - segment "Kak sozdavalsya Robinzon")

1958 Vasisualiy Lokhankin (Short) (excerpt from the novel "Zolotoy telyonok")

1957 Treze Cadeiras (novel "Dvenadsat stulyev")

1957 Das Glück liegt auf der Straße (novel "Dvenadzat' stulyev" - uncredited)

1954 Sju svarta be-hå (novel "Dvenadcat stulev")

1945 13 stolar (novel "Dvenadtsat stulyev" - as I. Ilf)

1945 It's in the Bag! (novel "Dvenadtsat stulyev" - uncredited)

1938 13 Stühle (novel "Dvenadtsat stulyev" - uncredited)

1936 Keep Your Seats, Please! (novel "The Twelve Chairs" - as Ilf)

1936 The Circus (uncredited)

1936 Odnazhdy letom

1933 Dvanáct kresel (novel "Dvenadtsat stulyev")

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