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The Twelve Chairs
“A wild and hilarious chase for a fortune in jewels.”
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.
Directed by Mel Brooks, Sidney Glazier
63
User score
149 votes
Status
Released
Released
October 28, 1970
Runtime
1h 34m
Language
Russian, English
Budget → Revenue
$1.5M → $1.8M
Top cast
Ron Moody
Ippolit Vorobyaninov
Frank Langella
Ostap Bender
Dom DeLuise
Father Fyodor
Andréas Voutsinas
Nikolai Sestrin
Diana Coupland
Diana Coupland
Mel Brooks
Tikon
David Lander
Engineer Bruns
Vlada Petrić
Sevitsky
Elaine Garreau
Claudia Ivanovna
Robert Bernal
Curator
Will Stampe
Night Watchman
Bridget Brice
Young Woman
Nicholas Smith
Actor in Play
Rada Đuričin
Actress in Play
Branka Veselinović
Natasha
Mladen 'Mlađa' Veselinović
Peasant
Petar Banićević
Sergeant (uncredited)
Dejan Čavić
Orator (uncredited)
Ljubomir Ćipranić
Extra (uncredited)
Radmilo Ćurčić
Fat Man (uncredited)
