Comedy · Cuba · 1962 · 1h 34m

The Twelve Chairs

Las doce sillas

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Director
Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Cast
Enrique Santisteban as Hipólito Garrigó Reynaldo Miravalles as Oscar René Sánchez as El Cura Pilín Vallejo as Gertrudis Idalberto Delgado as Ernesto Ana Viñas as
Crew
Ramón F. Suárez — Director of Photography Mario González — Editor Tomás Gutiérrez Alea — Screenplay Ugo Ulive — Screenplay Ilya Ilf — Novel Yevgeni Petrov — Novel
Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
socialismcultural revolutionchair
Key Collaborators
Tomás Gutiérrez Alea Director Ramón F. Suárez Director of Photography Mario González Editor Tomás Gutiérrez Alea Screenplay Ugo Ulive Screenplay Ilya Ilf Novel Yevgeni Petrov Novel Margarita Alexandre Producer Pedro García Espinosa Production Design Carmelina García Costume Design
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