The Twelve Chairs

The Twelve Chairs

Although the plot of 'The Twelve Chairs' is wild enough to have been created by Mel Brooks, it's actually based on a Russian story written by two Soviet journalists, Ilya Ilf and Yevgeni Petrov, in the 1920s. Set in Russia in 1927, this much-loved, hilarious Mel Brooks comedy classic is the tale of a former aristocrat (RON MOODY) who is now a Russian clerk under the new Soviet regime. When he learns that his dying mother-in-law sewed a fortune of family jewels into one of the twelve dining room chairs, he sets off across Russia to find it -- with an opportunist (FRANK LANGELLA), a priest (DOM DeLUISE) and his former servant (MEL BROOKS) all in equal pursuit.

Production Year: 
1970
Released: 
Tue, 04/04/2006
Run Time Minutes: 
93
Rating: 
G
Genres: 
Comedy
Trailer: 
No
Format Aspect Ratio: 
1.85-Wide Screen
Resolution: 
720x1280 HiRez
More Information: 
HiDef-5
Audio Language: 
Spanish
Audio Format: 
Dolby Digital
Audio Channels: 
Mono
Actors: 
Ron Moody - Ippolit Vorobyaninov
Actors: 
Frank Langella - Ostap Bender
Actors: 
Dom DeLuise - Father Fyodor
Actors: 
Andr?as Voutsinas - Nikolai Sestrin
Actors: 
Diana Coupland - Madame Bruns
Actors: 
David Lander - Engineer Bruns
Actors: 
Vlada Petric - Sevitsky
Actors: 
Elaine Garreau - Claudia Ivanova
Actors: 
Robert Bernal - Curator
Actors: 
Will Stampe - Night Watchman
Actors: 
Bridget Brice - Young Woman
Actors: 
Nicholas Smith - Actor in play
Actors: 
Branka Veselinovic - Natasha
Actors: 
Mel Brooks - Tikon