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The Twelve Chairs
1970
- G1970 · Comedy · 1h 34m
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.
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- Comedy
- Mel Brooks
- 1970-10-28
The Twelve Chairs is a 1970 American comedy film directed and written by Mel Brooks, and starring Frank Langella, Ron Moody and Dom DeLuise. The film is one of at least eighteen film adaptations of the Soviet 1928 novel The Twelve Chairs by Ilf and Petrov.
- October 28, 1970
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 reveals to him and local...
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- Mel Brooks
- G
- Ron Moody
Roger Ebert December 22, 1970. Tweet. Mel Brooks, Ron Moody and Frank Langella. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. How would you shoot this scene? Dom DeLuise is playing a greed-crazed Russian Orthodox priest who has snatched away a chair that maybe has a fortune sewn into its seat.
Film Details. Articles & Reviews. Quotes. Trivia. Notes. Brief Synopsis. A fallen aristocrat, a priest and a con artist search for a treasure of jewels hidden inside one of twelve dining chairs. Cast & Crew. Read More. Mel Brooks. Director. Ron Moody. Vorobyaninov. Frank Langella. Ostap Bender. Dom Deluise. Father Fyodor. Mel Brooks. Tikon.
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- Ron Moody
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In England, the book inspired the film Keep Your Seats, Please (1936), directed by Monty Banks at Ealing Studios and starring George Formby. The action takes place in Britain and involves seven chairs, not twelve. In Nazi Germany, the film Thirteen Chairs (1938) is based on the novel.
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.