The Twelve Chairs
1933 · 1h 3m · N/A
Comedy
Directed by
Martin Frič
,
Michał Waszyński
Overview
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
Director and cast
- Martin Frič Director
- Michał Waszyński Director
- 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
- Wanda Jarszewska Cast
- Stanislaw Belski Cast
- Eugeniusz Koszutski Cast
- Aniela Miszczykówna Cast
- Stefan Szczuka Cast
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