The Twelve Chairs

The Twelve Chairs

Release Date: 1962-12-17

Overview: 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.

Rating: 7.6 / 10

Cast

Enrique Santisteban

Enrique Santisteban

as Hipólito Garrigó

René Sánchez

René Sánchez

as El Cura

Pilín Vallejo

Pilín Vallejo

as Gertrudis

Idalberto Delgado

Idalberto Delgado

as Ernesto

Crew

  • Tomás Gutiérrez Alea - Screenplay

  • Ilya Ilf - Novel

  • Ugo Ulive - Screenplay

  • Tomás Gutiérrez Alea - Director

  • Mario Franca - Sound Editor

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