The Twelve Chairs

IMDb 7.5 1962 • 94 min • Comedy

Director

Tomás Gutiérrez Alea

Country

CU

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Enrique Santisteban
Enrique Santisteban Hipólito Garrigó
Reynaldo Miravalles
Reynaldo Miravalles Oscar
René Sánchez
René Sánchez El Cura
Pilín Vallejo
Pilín Vallejo Gertrudis
Idalberto Delgado
Idalberto Delgado Ernesto