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28/10/1970 Comedy, Drama 1h 34m
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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.

  1. Mel Brooks

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Ron Moody

    Ippolit Vorobyaninov

  2. Frank Langella

    Ostap Bender

  3. Dom DeLuise

    Father Fyodor

  4. Andréas Voutsinas

    Nikolai Sestrin

  5. Diana Coupland

    Diana Coupland

  6. Mel Brooks

    Tikon

  7. David Lander

    Engineer Bruns

  8. Vlada Petrić

    Sevitsky

  9. Elaine Garreau

    Claudia Ivanovna

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Reviews

A review by tiailds
Written by tiailds on 2016-01-16
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 s...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$1,500,000.00

Revenue
$1,806,258.00

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