Description |
1 DVD (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
digital |
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optical |
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Dolby |
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NTSC |
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video file |
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DVD video |
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region 1 |
Series |
Mel Brooks collection
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Mel Brooks collection.
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System Details |
DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo., Dolby Digital mono., dual layer, NTSC. |
Cast |
Ron Moody, Frank Langella, Dom DeLuise, Mel Brooks. |
Credits |
Music composed and conducted by John Morris ; director of photography, Dorde Nikolić ; editor, Alan Heim ; executive producer, Sidney Glazier. |
Note |
"Based on the novel The twelve chairs by Ilf and Petrov as translated by Elizabeth Hill and Doris Mudie and published by Methuen & co. ltd. under the title Diamonds to sit on." |
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Originally produced as motion picture in 1970. |
Audience |
MPAA rating: G. |
Summary |
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. |
Language |
English or dubbed Spanish dialogue, English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned. |
Subject |
Ilʹf, Ilʹi͡a, 1897-1937 -- Film adaptations.
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Ilʹf, Ilʹi͡a, 1897-1937. |
Genre/Form |
Film adaptations.
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Treasure troves -- Drama.
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Treasure troves. |
Genre/Form |
Drama.
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Subject |
Lost articles -- Drama.
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Lost articles. |
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Soviet Union -- Social conditions -- 1917-1945 -- Drama.
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Soviet Union. |
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Social conditions. |
Chronological Term |
1917-1945 |
Subject |
Aristocracy (Social class) -- Drama.
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Aristocracy (Social class) |
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Upper class families -- Drama.
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Upper class families. |
Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Feature films.
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Comedy films.
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Comedy films.
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Road films.
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Road films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Film adaptations.
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Drama.
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Added Author |
Brooks, Mel, 1926-
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Hertzberg, Michael.
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Moody, Ron.
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Langella, Frank.
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DeLuise, Dom.
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Petrov, Evgeniĭ, 1903-1942.
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Ilʹf, Ilʹi͡a, 1897-1937.
Dvenadt͡satʹ stulʹev. English.
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CBS Fox Video.
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Gaumont (Firm)
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Brooksfilms (Firm)
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Image Entertainment (Firm)
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
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Added Title |
Dvenadt͡satʹ stulʹev |
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12 chairs |
Standard No. |
024543167372 |
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