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MOVIE PROFILE

The Twelve Chairs

“A wild and hilarious chase for a fortune in jewels.”

★ 6.2 / 10 (160 votes)October 28, 197094 minEN

Comedy

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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CINEHOOK / INFORMATION

Movie facts

Release dateOctober 28, 1970

StatusReleased

Runtime94 min

Rating★ 6.2 / 10

Certification—

Original languageRussian, English

CountryUnited States of America

Budget$1,500,000

Revenue$1,806,258

ProductionCrossbow Productions, The Twelve Chairs Company, Universal Marion Corporation (UMC)

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CINEHOOK / CREDITS

Crew

Director

Mel Brooks

Writers

Mel Brooks

CINEHOOK / CAST

Cast

Ron Moody

Ron MoodyIppolit Vorobyaninov

Frank Langella

Frank LangellaOstap Bender

Dom DeLuise

Dom DeLuiseFather Fyodor

Andréas Voutsinas

Andréas VoutsinasNikolai Sestrin

Diana Coupland

Diana CouplandDiana Coupland

Mel Brooks

Mel BrooksTikon

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David LanderEngineer Bruns

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Vlada PetrićSevitsky

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Elaine GarreauClaudia Ivanovna

Robert Bernal

Robert BernalCurator

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Will StampeNight Watchman

Bridget Brice

Bridget BriceYoung Woman

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