Comedy ·Drama · United States of America · 1970 · 1h 34m

The Twelve Chairs

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Director
Mel Brooks
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
Crew
Đorđe Nikolić — Director of Photography Alan Heim — Editor John Morris — Original Music Composer Mel Brooks — Screenplay Ilya Ilf — Novel Yevgeni Petrov — Novel
Tagline

A wild and hilarious chase for a fortune in jewels.

Synopsis

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.

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Mood & Themes
hidden fortunecomedy
Key Collaborators
Mel Brooks Director Đorđe Nikolić Director of Photography Alan Heim Editor John Morris Original Music Composer Mel Brooks Screenplay Ilya Ilf Novel Yevgeni Petrov Novel Michael Hertzberg Producer Ronald H. Gilbert Producer Miodrag Nikolić Production Design
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