The Twelve Chairs (1962)
1h 34m
Running Time
December 17, 1962Release Date
The Twelve Chairs (1962)
1h 34m
Running Time
December 17, 1962Release Date
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Plot.
When her country is taken over by socialist revolutionaries, a wealthy woman can't bear to give up all of her wealth and possessions to the new government, so she hides all of her treasures in the 12 chairs of a dining-room set. After her death her nephew finds out what she had done and, since the chairs had been "nationalized" and are now in the possession of a dozen different people, he sets out to track them down and get the treasures he believes rightfully belong to him.
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Cast & Crew.
Enrique Santisteban
Hipólito Garrigó
Reynaldo Miravalles
Oscar
René Sánchez
El Cura
Idalberto Delgado
Ernesto
Pilín Vallejo
Gertrudis
Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Director
Ilya Ilf
Writer
Yevgeni Petrov
Writer
Ugo Ulive
Writer
Margarita Alexandre
Producer
Juan Blanco
Composer
Ramón F. Suárez
Director of Photography
Mario González
Editor
Eugenio Vesa
Sound Editor
Mario Franca
Sound Editor
Pedro García Espinosa
Production Design
Carmelina García
Costume Design
Rolando Zaragoza
Makeup Artist
Estela de la Lastra
Ana Viñas
Manuel Pereiro
Max Beltrán
Leonel Valdés
Pedro Martín Planas
Yolanda Zamora
Fausto Pinelo
María Granados
Raúl Xiqués
Adriano Domínguez
Julio Matas
Maria Pardo
Humberto García Espinosa
Details.
Release DateDecember 17, 1962
Original NameLas doce sillas
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 34m
Genres
Wiki.
The Twelve Chairs (Spanish: Las doce sillas) is a 1962 Cuban comedy film directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea. The plot based on Ilf and Petrov's 1928 novel of the same name. It was entered into the 3rd Moscow International Film Festival.