The Twelve Chairs

10/28/19701h 34m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ A wild and hilarious chase for a fortune in jewels. ~

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.

Director:

Mel Brooks

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$1,500,000.00

Revenue:

$1,806,258.00

Key words:

hidden fortune
comedy

Cast

Ron Moody

~ as ~

Ippolit Vorobyaninov

Frank Langella

~ as ~

Ostap Bender

Dom DeLuise

~ as ~

Father Fyodor

Andréas Voutsinas

~ as ~

Nikolai Sestrin

Diana Coupland

~ as ~

Diana Coupland

Mel Brooks

~ as ~

Tikon

David Lander

~ as ~

Engineer Bruns

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Reviews (1)

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tiailds
Written 9 year(s) ago
4
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.