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)

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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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