The Twelve Chairs
Summary:
One of several film versions of the 1928 Russian novel -The Twelve Chairs (one of the better-known adaptations was the 1945 Fred Allen vehicle It's in the Bag), Mel Brooks' movie is set in the years following the Bolshevik revolution. Onetime aristocrat Vorobyaninov (Ron Moody), now reduced to a humdrum clerical job, discovers that his family's fortune still exists. To keep... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Ron Moody - (Vorobyaninov)
Frank Langella - (Ostap Bender)
Dom DeLuise - (Father Fyodor)
Mel Brooks - (Tikon)
Andréas Voutsinas - (Nikolai Sestrin)
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Review:
The very amusing The Twelve Chairs is probably Mel Brooks' least demented comedy. Fans looking for the same off-the-wall sensibility that pervades Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein might be a little disappointed, although there certainly are moments that should please them (such as when Dom DeLuise opens his window after pull... Continue >>
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