Cuba / Dec 17, 1962
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
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.
Main cast
Genres
Comedy
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Las doce sillas |
| Original language | Español (ES) |
| Spoken languages | Español |
| Production countries | Cuba |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | ICAIC |
| Release date | 17 dicembre 1962 |
| Production | Margarita Alexandre |
| Writer | Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Ilya Ilf, Ugo Ulive, Yevgeni Petrov |
| Editing | Mario González |
| Cinematography | Ramón F. Suárez |
| Assistant directors | Tomás Gutiérrez Alea |
| Camera operators | Ramón F. Suárez |
| Additional photography | Ramón F. Suárez |
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| Production design | Pedro García Espinosa |
| Art direction | Pedro García Espinosa |
| Set decoration | Pedro García Espinosa |
| Music | Juan Blanco, Mario Franca, Eugenio Vesa |
| Sound | Mario Franca, Eugenio Vesa, Juan Blanco |
| Costume design | Carmelina García, Rolando Zaragoza |
| Makeup | Rolando Zaragoza, Carmelina García |
| Hairstyling | Carmelina García, Rolando Zaragoza |
Release dates
Theatrical release
Russia / Feb 17, 1964
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