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The Twelve Chairs
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1970 American comedy film by Mel Brooks
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The Twelve Chairs is a 1970 American comedy film directed by and starring Mel Brooks, alongside Frank Langella, Dom DeLuise, and Ron Moody. Mel Brooks also wrote the screenplay, which is based on the novel of the same name. The story is set in the Soviet Union and features the character Ostap Bender. Filming took place in Yugoslavia and Finland. The production involved Warner Bros. Entertainment, Crossbow Productions, The Twelve Chairs Company, and Universal Marion Corporation.
The film has a runtime of 94 minutes and was distributed by Gaumont. It was released on October 28, 1970, with subsequent releases in 1973 and 1975. The movie has a budget of 1,500,000 and generated revenue of 1,806,258. It holds a review score of 6.7 out of 10 and an 87% rating. The film is rated G and received one win and one nomination for awards. John Morris composed the music, and Alan Heim served as the film editor.
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6.4In 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.
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
Themes
- hidden fortune
- comedy
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Ratings
IMDb
6.4/10
7,268 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
87%
- Year
- 1970
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Rated
- G
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- The Twelve Chairs
- Director
- Mel Brooks
- Screenwriter
- Mel Brooks
- Cast member
- Branka Veselinović
- Composer
- John Morris
- Production company
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
- Narrative location
- Soviet Union
- Filming location
- Finland
- Duration
- 90
- FilmAffinity ID
- 982397
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- publication date
- 1983-02-18
- film editor
- Alan Heim
- title
- The Twelve Chairs
- distributed by
- Gaumont
- review score
- 87%
- different from
- The Twelve Chairs
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