The Twelve Chairs

The Twelve Chairs

Comedy | Sept. 22, 1933

The first movie adaptation of the Russian novel "The Twelve Chairs" by Ilya Ilf and Yevgeniy Petrov. The basic idea from this movie, in which a barber and an antique salesman were searching for money hidden in one of of twelve chairs, was later reused for other official and unofficial adaptions of the book

The Twelve Chairs

Comedy | Sept. 22, 1933

The Twelve Chairs
The first movie adaptation of the Russian novel "The Twelve Chairs" by Ilya Ilf and Yevgeniy Petrov. The basic idea from this movie, in which a barber and an antique salesman were searching for money hidden in one of of twelve chairs, was later reused for other official and unofficial adaptions of the book
IMDb rating 5.6
Producers Rex-Film, Terrafilm
Original title Dvanáct křesel
Directors Artur Schinagel, Michał Waszyński, Martin Frič
Writers Jaroslav Mottl, Yevgeni Petrov, Karel Lamač, Ilya Ilf

Cast

Vlasta Burian

as holič Ferdinand Šuplátko

Zula Pogorzelska

as Protektorka sierocińca

Adolf Dymsza

as Antykwariusz Kamil Klepka

Józef Kondrat

as Taksówkarz

Wiktor Biegański

as Profesor spirytysta

Martin Frič

as Customer (voice)