有时觉得,在封建社会里,贵族和恶棍都是脱离过多社会约束和道德评判的人,贵族是因为有钱有地位,所以可以为所欲为,而恶棍是一无所有,所以也毫无顾忌,各种荒淫无道的事情都发生在这两个极端阶层里。很难说贵族是没落了,还是暴露了本性。同时,理应守护社会道德的神父,也被讽刺了一把。听闻藏在椅子里的宝藏后就慌忙去寻找,不惜一切代价癫狂的神态真是影片的一大笑点。小说的结尾更加尖锐一些,神父寻宝不成,完全疯掉了,贵族在找到最后一把椅子的下落之前杀了恶棍,想独霸宝物,却发现宝藏已经被变卖修成了公共建筑,这一段电影里也有,象征着旧社会的宝藏变成了建设新社会的物质基础。而贵族发现这个事实后哀号一声,也完全疯掉了。小说末尾颇为诗意,附在此处:And he gave a cry. It was an insane, impassioned wild cry -- the cry of a vixen shot through the body -- it flew into the centre of the square, streaked under the bridge, and, rebuffed everywhere by the sounds of the waking city, began fading and died away in a moment. A marvellous autumn morning slipped from the wet roof-tops into the Moscow streets. The city set off on its daily routine.