The Twelve Chairs
Summary: 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
Director:
Mel Brooks
Runtime: 1 h 34 min
MPAA: GP
Country: United States
Language: English
Domestic: $ 1,806,258
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1920sangerattempted robberybased on novelbegging for moneychairchasechesscomedic fightcon artistcorrupt priestdeathbed confessionexistentialistfaking illnessfamily jewelsfarcefrustrationhidden treasureindependent filmirkutskjewelryman dresses as a womanman wears a bear costumemoscowmountainpriestreference to dostoyevskyreference to hamletreference to leon trotskyreference to shakespearereference to vladimir leninrowboatrussiarussian humoristic literature on screenrussian literature on screensatiresatire comedyscrewball comedysoviet uniontightropetimeframe 1920straintreasure huntunlikely friendshipwritten and directed by cast memberyaltayear 1927
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