The Twelve Chairs
"A wild and hilarious chase for a fortune in jewels."
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.
Top Cast
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Ron Moody
Ippolit Vorobyaninov
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Frank Langella
Ostap Bender
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Dom DeLuise
Father Fyodor
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Andréas Voutsinas
Nikolai Sestrin
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Diana Coupland
Diana Coupland
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Mel Brooks
Tikon
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David Lander
Engineer Bruns
Overview
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.
Rating
6.3
/ 10
145 Reviews 1 Popular
1 Reviews
- tiailds4 Jan 16, 2016
For a Mel Brooks movie, far from the best. For a 60-70's comedy, I've definitely seen better. A poor man's Mad Mad Mad Mad World. "Was it interesting?" That was the best part. The story is complex, characters were developed with reasonable motivations. It's just the transition to a movie that didn't really do it justice. 1.5 out of 3 "Was it entertaining?" The comedy was slightly humorous in parts, but mostly predictable or too drawn out. 1 out of 3 "Was it memorable?" The locations were pretty well done, and the acting was better than the dialog. The problem is that pacing was so slow I almost fell asleep 2/3 through and was wanting to fast-forward in the last 5 minutes. 1 out of 3 1.5+1+1=3.5+1(default 1)=4.5 Round up or down for overall feeling and this feels like a 4. This is not a movie I would want to see and felt like my time was somewhat wasted.
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