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The Twelve Chairs

The Twelve Chairs

Comedy · 1970

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.

Movie details

The Twelve Chairs

“A wild and hilarious chase for a fortune in jewels.”

1970 Comedy 1h 34m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.2 / 10

Community rating

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.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over The Twelve Chairs?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Mel Brooks

Written by

Mel Brooks

Ron Moody

Ron Moody

Ippolit Vorobyaninov

Frank Langella

Frank Langella

Ostap Bender

Dom DeLuise

Dom DeLuise

Father Fyodor

Andréas Voutsinas

Andréas Voutsinas

Nikolai Sestrin

Diana Coupland

Diana Coupland

Diana Coupland

Mel Brooks

Mel Brooks

Tikon

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David Lander

Engineer Bruns

Court is in session

Put The Twelve Chairs on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Popcorn Loyalist

“It owes the canon nothing.”

The movie pursues immediacy and audience pleasure without begging institutions to certify its worth.

The prosecution The Big-Idea Head

“Easy pleasure, short half-life.”

It moves efficiently through the moment but offers little reason to keep arguing once the credits end.