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The Twelve Chairs
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Overview

User Rating:
6.6/10   1,639 votes
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Director:
Mel Brooks
Writers:
Ilya Ilf (novel) and
Yevgeni Petrov (novel) ...
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Release Date:
28 October 1970 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Tagline:
A wild and hilarious chase for a fortune in jewels. more
Plot:
A treasure hunt. An aging ex-nobleman of the Czarist regime has finally adjusted to life under the commisars in Russia... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
Much Better Than Expected more (30 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Ron Moody ... Ippolit Vorobyaninov

Frank Langella ... Ostap Bender

Dom DeLuise ... Father Fyodor
Andréas Voutsinas ... Nikolai Sestrin
Diana Coupland ... Madame Bruns
David Lander ... Engineer Bruns
Vlada Petric ... Sevitsky
Elaine Garreau ... Claudia Ivanovna
Robert Bernal ... Curator
Will Stampe ... Night Watchman
Bridget Brice ... Young Woman
Nicholas Smith ... Actor in play
Rada Djuricin ... Actress in play
Branka Veselinovic ... Natasha
Miodrag 'Mladja' Veselinovic ... Peasant (as Mladja Veselinovic)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The 12 Chairs (USA) (alternative spelling)
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Runtime:
94 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Russian
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Finland:K-3 (cinema release) (1983) | Iceland:L | Singapore:PG | UK:U | Finland:S | Sweden:11 | USA:GP (original rating) | USA:G
Filming Locations:
Adriatic Sea more

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Trivia:
Anne Bancroft encouraged Mel Brooks to write the music as well as the lyrics for "Hope for the best, expect the worst" and subsequently at least one song for all of his movies. She was 'like an angel on his shoulder' when it came to songwriting. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Ipolit and Bendor are running for the exit after breaking the last chair, the piece Ipolit is holding has a large crack in it. Yet when they run back in, the chair piece is intact. more
Quotes:
Ippolit Vorobyaninov: I am cousin Kiev, from Vorobyaninov. All of the Michaels are dead. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in "Unscripted: (#1.5)" (2005) more
Soundtrack:
Hope for the best, expect the worst more

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12 out of 16 people found the following comment useful.
Much Better Than Expected, 14 August 2001
Author: jimwhite99 from Kankakee, Illinois

I rented this film because it was the only Mel Brooks movie I hadn't seen. I had enjoyed all of his other movies and thought,"Why not see 'em all?" I thought since I hadn't heard of it it would be stupid. And, Man, was I wrong. This movie could be described as hilarious. I loved it. And it's not exactly like all other Mel Brooks movies. If you like Mel Brooks I recommend this film to you. Dom DeLuise is hilarious in this. Now go watch it with your family.

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