UW Cinematheque - Summer Cinematheque
The Twelve Chairs | USA | 1970 | DCP | 94 min. Director: Mel Brooks
Event Details
Date
Wednesday, July 8, 2026
Time
7 p.m.
Location
4070 Vilas Hall
Description
Cast: Ron Moody, Frank Langella, Dom DeLuise
Brooks’s second feature is set in Russia shortly after the Bolshevik uprising, where a former aristocrat turned hapless clerk (Moody) and a slick con man (Langella) search the country for a set of 12 heirloom chairs, one of which contains a fortune in hidden jewels. As in The Producers, the protagonists, along with their chief rival (DeLuise), are greedy treasure hunters, forever outwitted by their own inept plans.
Brooks’s second feature is set in Russia shortly after the Bolshevik uprising, where a former aristocrat turned hapless clerk (Moody) and a slick con man (Langella) search the country for a set of 12 heirloom chairs, one of which contains a fortune in hidden jewels. As in The Producers, the protagonists, along with their chief rival (DeLuise), are greedy treasure hunters, forever outwitted by their own inept plans.
Cost
Free
Contact
Accessibility
We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations for this event. Please email jehealy@wisc.edu to make a disability-related accommodation request. Requests should be made by Wednesday, June 24, 2026, though reasonable effort will be made to support late accommodation requests.