Las Doce sillas
Brief Synopsis
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Set in post-revolutionary Cuba, the "unreconstructed" Hipolito, his rascally servant Oscar, and a hypocritical priest trip over each other's heels in an increasingly frantic search for a cache of diamonds concealed in one of a set of twelve elegant chairs dispersed throughout the countryside after t
Cast & Crew
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Tomas Gutierrez Alea
Director
Enrique Santisteban
Hippolyte
Reinaldo Miravalles
Oscar
Rene Sanchez
Le Cure
Pillin Vallejo
Gertrude
Idalberto Delgado
Ernesto
Film Details
Also Known As
Doce sillas, Twelve Chairs, The
Genre
Adaptation
Comedy
Release Date
1962
Production Company
Instituto Cubano Del Arte E Industria Cinematograficos (Icaic)
Distribution Company
Cuban National Institue Of Cinematography
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 31m
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White
Synopsis
Set in post-revolutionary Cuba, the "unreconstructed" Hipolito, his rascally servant Oscar, and a hypocritical priest trip over each other's heels in an increasingly frantic search for a cache of diamonds concealed in one of a set of twelve elegant chairs dispersed throughout the countryside after the revolution.
Director
Tomas Gutierrez Alea
Director
Film Details
Also Known As
Doce sillas, Twelve Chairs, The
Genre
Adaptation
Comedy
Release Date
1962
Production Company
Instituto Cubano Del Arte E Industria Cinematograficos (Icaic)
Distribution Company
Cuban National Institue Of Cinematography
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 31m
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Shown at Human Rights Watch International Film Festival (Tomas Gutierrez Alea Retrospective) in New York City June 16-30, 1995.
Shown at the Moscow Film Festival July 16, 1963.
