The Twelve Chairs (1970 film)

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comedy film feature film film satirical film

The Twelve Chairs (1970 film) is a 1970 satirical comedy directed by Mel Brooks, following a frantic treasure hunt in Soviet Russia for jewels hidden in one of a set of dining chairs.

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instanceOf comedy film ⓘ
feature film ⓘ
film ⓘ
satirical film ⓘ
basedOn The Twelve Chairs (1970 film) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Twelve Chairs (novel)
basedOnWorkBy Ilya Ilf ⓘ
Yevgeny Petrov NERFINISHED ⓘ
character Father Fyodor ⓘ
Ippolit Matveyevich Vorobyaninov ⓘ
Ostap Bender ⓘ
cinematographer Paul Lohmann NERFINISHED ⓘ
colorProcess color ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Mel Brooks ⓘ
distributor United Artists ⓘ
editor Steven Sterner ⓘ
filmingLocation Yugoslavia ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasDirectorCameo Mel Brooks ⓘ
hasMelBrooksFilmographyPosition second feature as director ⓘ
medium 35 mm film ⓘ
musicBy John Morris ⓘ
narrativeLocation Soviet Union ⓘ
surface form: Soviet Russia
narrativeTheme satire of Soviet society ⓘ
treasure hunt ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotSummary A former nobleman and a con artist search across Soviet Russia for jewels hidden in one of twelve dining chairs. ⓘ
producer Michael Hertzberg ⓘ
productionCompany Crossbow Productions ⓘ
releaseDate 1970-10-28 ⓘ
releaseYear 1970 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 93 ⓘ
screenwriter Yevgeny Yevtushenko ⓘ
surface form: Evgeny Evtushenko

Ilya Ilf ⓘ
Mel Brooks ⓘ
Yevgeny Petrov ONDG ⓘ
setting Russia ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
spokenLanguage English ⓘ
starredActor Andreas Voutsinas ⓘ
Dom DeLuise ⓘ
Frank Langella ⓘ
Mel Brooks ⓘ
Ron Moody ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting post-revolutionary Soviet Union ⓘ
title The Twelve Chairs (1970 film) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Twelve Chairs

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Frank Langella → notableWork → The Twelve Chairs (1970 film) ⓘ
The Twelve Chairs (1970 film) → title → The Twelve Chairs (1970 film) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Twelve Chairs
The Twelve Chairs (1970 film) → basedOn → The Twelve Chairs (1970 film) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Twelve Chairs (novel)