The Twelve Chairs (1970)
A wild and hilarious chase for a fortune in jewels.
94 min
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.
- Release date
- October 28, 1970
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $1,500,000
- Box office
- $1,806,258
Trailer
Cast
- Mel Brooks as Tikon
- Ron Moody as Vorobyaninov
- Frank Langella as Ostap Bender
- Dom DeLuise as Father Fyodor
- Andréas Voutsinas as Nikolai Sestrin
- Diana Coupland as Madam Bruns
- David Lander as Engineer Bruns
- Vlada Petric as Sevitsky
- Elaine Garreau as Claudia Ivanovna
- Robert Bernal as Curator
Crew
- Mel Brooks · Director
- Ilya Ilf · Writer
- Yevgeni Petrov · Writer
- Elizabeth Hill · Writer
- Doris Mudie · Writer
- Michael Hertzberg · Producer
- John Morris · Composer
- Djordje Nikolic · Cinematographer
- Alan Heim · Editor