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
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Vlasta Burian
holič Ferdinand Šuplátko
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Martin Frič Director · Michał Waszyński Director Karel Lamač Screenplay
First release September 22, 1933 · Produced in XC, Poland · Production Terrafilm
Production
Rex-Film
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Terrafilm
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XC · Poland
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Original title
Dvanáct křesel
Original language
Czech
Spoken on screen
Czech
Release dates
XC · September 22, 1933
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Czechia
August 1, 2006 · Physical
Poland
October 5, 1933 · Theatrical
Russia
October 9, 1933 · Theatrical
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