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The Twelve Chairs

Name: The Twelve Chairs
Director: Mel Brooks
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1970
Rating: 6.2
Cast: Ron Moody, Frank Langella, Dom DeLuise, Andréas Voutsinas, Diana Coupland

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.

1970 · Directed by Mel Brooks · 94 min · Comedy · 10 frames

Tagline

A wild and hilarious chase for a fortune in jewels.

Crew

Screenplay: Mel Brooks
Cinematography: Đorđe Nikolić
Edited by: Alan Heim
Music: John Morris
Production design: Miodrag Nikolić
Produced by: Michael Hertzberg, Ronald H. Gilbert

Cast

Ron Moody as Ippolit Vorobyaninov
Frank Langella as Ostap Bender
Dom DeLuise as Father Fyodor
Andréas Voutsinas as Nikolai Sestrin
Diana Coupland as Diana Coupland
Mel Brooks as Tikon
David Lander as Engineer Bruns
Vlada Petrić as Sevitsky
Elaine Garreau as Claudia Ivanovna
Robert Bernal as Curator

Production

Country: United States of America
Language: Russian, English
Studios: Crossbow Productions, The Twelve Chairs Company, Universal Marion Corporation (UMC)
Budget: $1,500,000
Box office: $1,806,258
Themes: hidden fortune, comedy

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