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The Twelve Chairs

1933·Movie
1h 3min

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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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Is The Twelve Chairs worth watching?

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How long is The Twelve Chairs?

1 h 3 min

The Twelve Chairs runs 1 h 3 min.

What language is The Twelve Chairs in?

Czech

It was made in Czech. Produced in XC, Poland.

What tropes does The Twelve Chairs use?

Advertised ExtraUpper-Class TwitSanity SlippageRage QuitDeadpan SnarkerOpportunistic BastardAmbiguously JewishConvulsive SeizuresGiftedly BadMy Hair Came Out GreenSinister MinisterNoblewoman's Laughand 40 more

TV Tropes lists 52 storytelling tropes for The Twelve Chairs, including Advertised Extra, Upper-Class Twit, Sanity Slippage.