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.
Title | The Twelve Chairs |
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Year | 1962 |
Genre | Comedy |
Country | Cuba |
Studio | ICAIC |
Cast | Enrique Santisteban, Reynaldo Miravalles, René Sánchez, Pilín Vallejo, Idalberto Delgado, Ana Viñas |
Crew | Tomás Gutiérrez Alea (Director), Tomás Gutiérrez Alea (Screenplay), Ilya Ilf (Novel), Ugo Ulive (Screenplay), Ramón F. Suárez (Director of Photography), Mario González (Editor) |
Keyword | socialism, cultural revolution, chair |
Release | Dec 17, 1962 |
Runtime | 94 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 7.58 / 10 by 12 users |
Popularity | 1 |
Budget | 0 |
Revenue | 0 |
Language | Español |