The Twelve Chairs

Oct 28, 1970

1h 34m

★ 6.3

A wild and hilarious chase for a fortune in jewels.

Overview

In 1920s Soviet Russia, a fallen aristocrat, a priest and a con artist search for a treasure of jewels hidden inside one of twelve dining chairs, lost during the revolution.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Crossbow Productions

The Twelve Chairs Company

Universal Marion Corporation (UMC)

The Twelve Chairs Trailers

Cast

Ippolit Vorobyaninov

Ron Moody

Ostap Bender

Frank Langella

Father Fyodor

Dom DeLuise

Nikolai Sestrin

Andréas Voutsinas

Diana Coupland

Tikon

Mel Brooks

Engineer Bruns

David Lander

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