Twelve Chairs is the lesser-known movie from Mel Brooks, that ostentatiously critical eye on communism perpetrated in Russia, mocking of these newest comrades that reach in the power, showing the worst side of revolution, the story is about an old former Aristocrat Vorobyaninov (Ron Moody) heard by his dying mother-in-law that hidden a valuable diamonds and jewelry in one of twelve chairs during the revolution, also she confess to a Orthodox Priest Father Fyodor (Dom DeLouise), Vorobyaninov running to finds these chair, in the way he stumbles with a smart crook Ostape Bender (Frank Langella) who live from small misdemeanours, all them pursuit those chairs, one by one, wherever it was, always gets the empty chair, Mel Brooks is well-known as the man against the status quo, starting this point he criticizes the establishment, this turn he exposes on purpose all damages of the revolution that became Russia in a state arbitrary and tightly controlled by communist party and their leaders through a heavy paperwork, funny and enjoyable!!!
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First watch: 1990 / How many: 2 / Source: TV-DVD / Rating: 7
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First watch: 1990 / How many: 2 / Source: TV-DVD / Rating: 7