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Brooks' story is based on the Russian classic about a man whose mother confesses, on her deathbed, to having hidden the family fortune in the seat of one of a matched set of 12 chairs. The idea was to hide the jewels from the recently victorious revolution. But, alas, the chairs have been scattered.
The Twelve Chairs. In the wake of the Bolshevik Revolution, erstwhile count Ippolit Vorobyaninov (Ron Moody) has been reduced to being a simple clerk. But, before his mother-in-law dies, she...
- (14)
- Mel Brooks
- G
- Ron Moody
'The Twelve Chairs' is not a new story, even by 1970 standards. The chase for treasure is an often-used hook to hang a madcap plot. Slapstick and physical humor are employed liberally, most effectively by Dom Deloise as Father Fyodor, the Russian priest who has turned on the church to join in the run for the jewels.
Oct 28, 1970 · The Twelve Chairs: Directed by Mel Brooks. With Ron Moody, Frank Langella, Dom DeLuise, Andréas Voutsinas. 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.
- (7.1K)
- Comedy, Drama
- Mel Brooks
- 1970-10-28
Full Review | Original Score: 7/10 | Jan 1, 2000. Rotten Tomatoes, home of the Tomatometer, is the most trusted measurement of quality for Movies & TV. The definitive site for Reviews, Trailers...
The Twelve Chairs received generally positive reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, it has a 93% approval score based on 14 reviews, with an average rating of 6.7/10.
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Mar 10, 2023 · Intelligent, tender, sad, and often very funny, it’s a surprisingly moving comedy of a man’s complete and total degradation in the Soviet Union. The Twelve Chairs (1970) Trailer.
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