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The Twelve Chairs(1970)
Status: Released
Date: 1970-10-28
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131 Votes
Time: 1h 34m
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.
Languages: Russian, English.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $1,500,000.00
Revenue: $1,806,258.00
ProductionCompanies:
Crossbow Productions
The Twelve Chairs Company
Universal Marion Corporation (UMC)
Movie: The Twelve Chairs
Top 7 Billed Cast
Ron Moody
Ippolit Vorobyaninov
Frank Langella
Ostap Bender
Dom DeLuise
Father Fyodor
Andréas Voutsinas
Nikolai Sestrin
Diana Coupland
Diana Coupland
Mel Brooks
Tikon
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