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The Twelve Chairs

The Twelve Chairs

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Comedy

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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

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Czech

Runtime

0 mins

Rating

5.4/10

Release Date

22 September 1933

Country

Czechoslovakia

Cast

Vlasta Burian

Vlasta Burian

holič Ferdinand Šuplátko

Zula Pogorzelska

Zula Pogorzelska

Protektorka sierocińca

Adolf Dymsza

Adolf Dymsza

Antykwariusz Kamil Klepka

Józef Kondrat

Józef Kondrat

Taksówkarz

Wiktor Biegański

Wiktor Biegański

Profesor spirytysta

Wanda Jarszewska

Wanda Jarszewska

Stanislaw Belski

Stanislaw Belski

Eugeniusz Koszutski

Eugeniusz Koszutski

Aniela Miszczykówna

Aniela Miszczykówna

Stefan Szczuka

Stefan Szczuka

Helena Zarembina

Helena Zarembina

Hanna Parysiewicz

Hanna Parysiewicz

Karol Hubert

Karol Hubert

Kazimierz Narkiewicz

Kazimierz Narkiewicz

Lo Kitay

Lo Kitay

Martin Frič

Martin Frič

Customer (voice)

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