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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. A treasure hunt. An aging ex-nobleman of the Czarist regime has finally adjusted to life under the commisars in Russia. Both he and the local priest find that the family ...
Running time. 159 minutes. Country. Soviet Union. Language. Russian. The Twelve Chairs ( Russian: 12 стульев, romanized : Dvenadtsat stulyev) is a 1971 Soviet comedy film directed by Leonid Gaidai. [1] It is an adaptation of Ilf and Petrov 's 1928 novel The Twelve Chairs .
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. Mel Brooks. Director, Screenplay. Ilya Ilf.
Oct 28, 1970 · One of several film versions of the 1928 Russian novel The Twelve Chairs (one of the better-known adaptations was the 1945 Fred Allen vehicle It's in the Bag), Mel Brooks' movie is set in the years following the Bolshevik revolution.
Sep 5, 2006 · My thought is that it would have worked better in a shorter treatment, "The Twelve Chairs" is okay = 3 stars for me.Mel Brooks directed twelve films in all, acting in all but one of them. Eight of his movies, including "The Twelve Chairs" are collected in a slipcase in Mel Brooks Bx Sm Cb.Happy Reader
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