The twelve chairs = Dvenadt͡satʹ stulʹev / Gaumont ; Brooksfilms Limited presents a Sidney Glazier production ; a film by Mel Brooks ; a UMC Pictures-Crossbow co-production ; screenplay by Mel Brooks ; produced by Michael Hertzberg ; directed by Mel Brooks.

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Morris, John, 1926-2018 (Composer)
Corporate Authors:	Gaumont (Firm) (Producer) Brooksfilms (Firm) (Producer) Image Entertainment (Firm) (Distributor) CBS Fox Video (Distributor)
Other Authors:	Brooks, Mel, 1926- (Director, Screenwriter) Hertzberg, Michael (Producer) Glazier, Sidney (Producer) Moody, Ron (Actor) Langella, Frank (Actor) DeLuise, Dom (Actor) Ilʹf, Ilʹi︠a︡, 1897-1937 Petrov, Evgeniĭ, 1903-1942
Language:	English
Language and/or Writing System:	Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Published:	Chatsworth, CA : [U.S.] : Image Entertainment ; CBS Fox Video, [2002], ©2002.
Edition:	Widescreen.
Series:	Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:	Ilʹf, Ilʹi︠a︡, > 1897-1937 > Film adaptations. Petrov, Evgeniĭ, > 1903-1942 > Film adaptations. Ilʹf, Ilʹi͡a, > 1897-1937. Petrov, Evgeniĭ, > 1903-1942. Soviet Union > Social life and customs > 1917-1970 > Drama. Soviet Union. Aristocracy (Social class) > Soviet Union > Drama. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Aristocracy (Social class) Manners and customs. Comedy. Adaptation. Feature. Drama. Film adaptations. 1917 - 1970
Genre:	Film adaptations. Drama. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Comedy. Adaptation. Feature.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:	Dvenadt͡satʹ stulʹev. 12 chairs.
Format:	Video DVD

The twelve chairs : a novel

Authors: Ilʹf, Ilʹi͡a, 1897-1937
Published: Northwestern University Press, 2011

Physical Description: xxviii, 546 pages ; 20 cm.

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Dvenad͡tsatʹ stulʹev

Authors: Ilʹf, Ilʹi︠a︡, 1897-1937
Published: "Vagrius", 1997

Physical Description: 541 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

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The twelve chairs

Authors: Ilʹf, Ilʹi͡a, 1897-1937
Published: Northwestern University Press, 1997

Physical Description: xii, 395 pages ; 20 cm.

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