Movielogr
The Twelve Chairs (1962)
Directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Overview
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.
Length 94 minutes
Actors
Manuel Pereiro | Adriano Domínguez | Enrique Santisteban | Reynaldo Miravalles | Silvia Planas | Julio Matas | René Sánchez | Pilín Vallejo | Idalberto Delgado | Raúl Xiqués | Ana Viñas | Estela de la Lastra | Maria Pardo | Leonel Valdés | Gilda Hernández | Carmen Garrido | Pedro Martín Planas | Ricardo Suárez 'Tarafa' | Dania Miró | Humberto García Espinosa | Yolanda Zamora | Fausto Pinelo | María Granados | Max Beltrán