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The Twelve Chairs

The Twelve Chairs

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Comedy

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Spanish

Runtime

94 mins

Rating

7.583/10

Release Date

17 December 1962

Country

Cuba

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

Ana Viñas

Ana Viñas

Manuel Pereiro

Manuel Pereiro

Pedro Martín Planas

Pedro Martín Planas

Raúl Xiqués

Raúl Xiqués

Gilda Hernández

Gilda Hernández

Silvia Planas

Silvia Planas

Ricardo Suárez 'Tarafa'

Ricardo Suárez 'Tarafa'

Carmen Garrido

Carmen Garrido

Dania Miró

Dania Miró

Humberto García Espinosa

Humberto García Espinosa

Maria Pardo

Maria Pardo

Julio Matas

Julio Matas

Adriano Domínguez

Adriano Domínguez

Yolanda Zamora

Yolanda Zamora

Fausto Pinelo

Fausto Pinelo

María Granados

María Granados

Estela de la Lastra

Estela de la Lastra

Leonel Valdés

Leonel Valdés

Max Beltrán

Max Beltrán

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