"A wild and hilarious chase for a fortune in jewels."

1970

1h 34m

6.3(148 votes)

Comedy

Drama

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.

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Ron Moody

Ippolit Vorobyaninov

Frank Langella

Ostap Bender

Dom DeLuise

Father Fyodor

Andréas Voutsinas

Nikolai Sestrin

Diana Coupland

Mel Brooks

Tikon

David Lander

Engineer Bruns

Vlada Petrić

Sevitsky

Elaine Garreau

Claudia Ivanovna

Robert Bernal

Curator

Creative team

Directed by: Mel Brooks
Written by: Mel Brooks
Produced by: Michael Hertzberg
Ronald H. Gilbert

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