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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.
Top billed cast
Ron MoodyIppolit Vorobyaninov
Frank LangellaOstap Bender
Dom DeLuiseFather Fyodor
Andréas VoutsinasNikolai Sestrin
Diana CouplandDiana Coupland
Mel BrooksTikon
David LanderEngineer Bruns
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