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The Twelve Chairs
1970 · Film · 94 min
Directed by Mel Brooks
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.
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I never quite understood how the Soviet system permitted some of these films that quickly becam e classics of their genre: The Twelve Chairs
I only know the Mel Brooks version:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twelve_Chairs_(1970_film)
But reading the wikipedia description of the book, it's the same premise: characters attempting to obtain jewelry hidden in a chair.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twelve_Chairs
Are you thinking of a different story?
Edit: ah, apparently that's a part of the novel, which if it's in the Mel Brooks film, I don't recall: "bamboozling a village chess club with promises of an international tournament."
There's a very good Russian film called The Twelve Chairs- an adaptation of a book with the same title.There,the main character, a professional con artist,ends up in a small town, in a middle of nowhere. In a matter of days,he convinces the entire town that because of chess games some of the residents often play,they could turn the town into the world capital of chess.They will host international tournaments, conferences,and etc.The Soviet government will build a rail link directly to Moscow and it will ultimately become a super city in no time. The film is 50 years old,but looks like the today's world hasn't changed that much...
It is very often overlooked, but "The Little Golden Calf" is awesome. It is an amazingly fun read yet it is full of deep insights into pre-war Soviet Union's everyday life. The character is basically a superhero who goes through this society as a hot knife through butter. Yet it is much more serious than "Twelve Chairs" which is basically a sitcom.