The Twelve Chairs (1962)
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.
- Released
- 1962-12-17
- Genres
- Comedy
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Ugo Ulive
- TMDB rating
- 7.5/10 from 13 votes