The Twelve Chairs

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 17, 1962

Original language

Spanish

Spoken languages

Spanish

Countries

Cuba

Production

ICAIC

Cast

Leonel Valdés,Max Beltrán,Reynaldo Miravalles,Manuel Pereiro,Fausto Pinelo,Gilda Hernández,Raúl Xiqués,Dania Miró,Humberto García Espinosa,Enrique Santistebanand 14 more

Director

Tomás Gutiérrez Alea

Writer

Yevgeni Petrov,Ugo Ulive,Tomás Gutiérrez Alea,Ilya Ilf

Producer

Margarita Alexandre

Cinematography

Ramón F. Suárez

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0055915