The Twelve Chairs

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1970-10-28

Languages:

English, Russian

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

94 min

Rated:

GP

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (3959 Reviews)

Director:

Mel Brooks

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Ron Moody Frank Langella Dom DeLuise Andrèas Voutsinas

Writer:

Ilya Ilf (novel)

Yevgeni Petrov (novel)

Elizabeth Hill (novel)

Doris Mudie (novel)

Mel Brooks (screenplay)

Fullplot:

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 jewels were hidden in a chair, one of a set of twelve. They return separately to Moscow to find the hidden fortune.

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