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The Twelve Chairs (1933)

Genre : Comedy

Runtime : 0M

Director : Martin Frič, Michał Waszyński
Writer : Karel Lamač

Synopsis

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

Actors

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)

Crews

Martin Frič
Martin Frič
Director
Michał Waszyński
Michał Waszyński
Director
Artur Schinagel
Artur Schinagel
Assistant Director
Karel Lamač
Karel Lamač
Screenplay
Antoni Wawrzyniak
Antoni Wawrzyniak
Director of Photography
Ștefan Norris
Ștefan Norris
Production Design
Josef Rosen
Josef Rosen
Production Manager
Artur Schinagel
Artur Schinagel
Unit Production Manager
Władysław Dan
Władysław Dan
Music
Iwo Wesby
Iwo Wesby
Conductor
Jaroslav Mottl
Jaroslav Mottl
Lyricist
Władysław Dan
Władysław Dan
Original Music Composer
Ilya Ilf
Ilya Ilf
Novel
Yevgeni Petrov
Yevgeni Petrov
Novel

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