The twelve chairs

DVD 2006

When a former aristocrat who is now a Russian clerk under the new Soviet regime learns that his dying mother-in-law sewed a fortune of family jewels into one of twelve dining room chairs, he sets off across Russia to find it--with an opportunist, a priest and his former servant all in pursuit.

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Aristocracy (Social class) Soviet Union

Jewelry Soviet Union

Lost articles

Petrov, Evgeniĭ, 1903-1942 Film adaptations

Soviet Union Economic conditions

Soviet Union Social conditions 1917-1945

Treasure troves

Upper class families

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Edition:

Widescreen edition

Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
digital optical stereo mono Dolby
videodisc
NTSC
video file DVD region 1
polychrome

Target Audience Note:

CHVR: NR

Notes:

Based on a Russian story by Ilya Ilf and Yevgeni Petrov
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1970
Split from The Mel Brooks collection DVD box set
Music composed and conducted by John Morris ; director of photography, Dorde Nikolić ; editor, Alan Heim ; executive producer, Sidney Glazier
Ron Moody, Frank Langella, Dom DeLuise, Mel Brooks
DVD, Region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital stereophonic, Dolby Digital monophonic, dual layer
English or dubbed Spanish dialogue, English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired

Control Number:

2595050

UPC:

024543167372
024543167525

Other Authors:

Brooks, Mel, 1926- film director, screenwriter, actor
Brooksfilms (Firm), presenter
Crossbow Productions, production company
DeLuise, Dom, actor
Heim, Alan, editor of moving image work
Hertzberg, Michael, film producer
Langella, Frank, actor
Moody, Ron, actor
Morris, John, 1926-2018, composer (expression)
Nikolić, Đorđe, director of photography
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc., publisher
UMC Pictures (Firm), production company

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