The Twelve Chairs
5.3
654
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- Original title
- The Twelve Chairs
- Year
- 1970
- Running time
- 93 min.
- Country
United States
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Ron Moody
- Frank Langella
- Dom DeLuise
- Andréas Voutsinas
- Vlada Petric
- David Lander
- Diana Coupland
- Elaine Garreau
- Will Stamp
- Mel Brooks
- Robert Bernal
- Nicholas Smith
- Branka Veselinovic
- Bridget Brice
- Petar Banicevic
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Comedy | 1920s
- Synopsis
- 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.
The follow-up to Brooks' 1968 debut The Producers, Brooks takes flight to newly communist Russia, where he appears briefly before turning the show over to an ex-aristocrat named Ippolit (Ron Moody) and a scheming opportunist named Ostap (Frank Langella). They search for Ippolit's chairs from the house he was thrown out of, because there's a fortune of jewels hidden in one. Together as part of a reluctant partnership, they go all through Russia to find the chair that holds the loot. They realize early on that they are racing against another aspiring thief, a priest named Father Fyodor (Dom DeLuise), who is trying to find the jewels and bring them back to "the people."-
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- Awards
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1971: National Board of Review: Best Supporting Actor (Frank Langella)1971: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Nominated for Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium1970: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Nominated for Best Adapted Comedy Screenplay1970: National Board of Review (NBR): Best Supporting Actor.
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