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The Armchair and the Grand Duchess (1943)

Genre : Comedy

Runtime : 1H 3M

Director : Carlos Schlieper

Synopsis

A Russian duke who's fallen on hard times tries to recover a stash of jewels hidden inside an armchair, but the chair gets sold at auction to a millionairess and he's forced to marry her in order to retrieve the treasure.

Actors

Olinda Bozán
Olinda Bozán
María Esther Buschiazzo
María Esther Buschiazzo
Ernesto Vilches
Ernesto Vilches
Alberto Bello
Alberto Bello
Lucía Barause
Lucía Barause
Billy Days
Billy Days
Francisco Pablo Donadío
Francisco Pablo Donadío
Antonio Gianelli
Antonio Gianelli
Elena Marcó
Elena Marcó
Osvaldo Miranda
Osvaldo Miranda
Celia Podestá
Celia Podestá
Rodolfo Rocha
Rodolfo Rocha
Vicente Rubino
Vicente Rubino
Salvador Sinaí
Salvador Sinaí
Alicia Ferrari
Alicia Ferrari
Celia Méndez
Celia Méndez
Trudy Stemberg
Trudy Stemberg
Blanca Valle
Blanca Valle

Crews

Carlos Schlieper
Carlos Schlieper
Director
Carlos Schlieper
Carlos Schlieper
Writer
Emilio Villalba Welsh
Emilio Villalba Welsh
Writer
José Cardella
José Cardella
Editor
Juan Manuel Concado
Juan Manuel Concado
Production Design
Roque Funes
Roque Funes
Director of Photography
Alberto Soifer
Alberto Soifer
Original Music Composer
Alejandro Verbitzky
Alejandro Verbitzky
Writer

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