The Twelve Chairs

Movie·1933·1h 3m

The Twelve Chairs

Directed By

Martin Frič

Country

Czechoslovakia

Language

Czech

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The Story

Original title: Dvanáct křesel

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

Written By

Karel Lamač

Cinematography

Antoni Wawrzyniak

Music

Władysław Dan

Themes

based on short story

Production House

Rex-Film
Terrafilm

Audience Score

61%

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Cast

Vlasta Burian

Vlasta Burian

holič Ferdinand Šuplátko

Zula Pogorzelska

Protektorka sierocińca

Adolf Dymsza

Adolf Dymsza

Antykwariusz Kamil Klepka

Józef Kondrat

Józef Kondrat

Taksówkarz

Wiktor Biegański

Profesor spirytysta

Wanda Jarszewska

Wanda Jarszewska

Stanislaw Belski

Eugeniusz Koszutski

Aniela Miszczykówna

Stefan Szczuka

Helena Zarembina

Hanna Parysiewicz

Karol Hubert

Kazimierz Narkiewicz

Lo Kitay

Martin Frič

Martin Frič

Customer (voice)

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Crew

Władysław Dan

Original Music Composer

Martin Frič

Martin Frič

Director

Michał Waszyński

Michał Waszyński

Director

Karel Lamač

Karel Lamač

Screenplay

Antoni Wawrzyniak

Director of Photography

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