The read
Critics rate it 23 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes87%
Critics rate it 23 points higher than audiences do.
156 audience votes
Key crew
- Mel BrooksDirector
- Mel BrooksScreenplay
- John MorrisOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Ron MoodyIppolit Vorobyaninov
- Frank LangellaOstap Bender
- Dom DeLuiseFather Fyodor
- Andréas VoutsinasNikolai Sestrin
- Diana CouplandDiana Coupland
- Mel BrooksTikon
- David LanderEngineer Bruns
- Vlada PetrićSevitsky
- Elaine GarreauClaudia Ivanovna
- Robert BernalCurator
- Will StampeNight Watchman
- Bridget BriceYoung Woman
Stills
Themes
hidden fortunecomedy