The Twelve Chairs (1962)

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.

Released Dec. 17, 1962 94 min 11+

Genres: Comedy

Keywords: tmdb.socialism, tmdb.cultural-revolution, imdb.sugarcane-plantation, imdb.narration, imdb.jewels, imdb.fortune-teller, imdb.blood-donation + 12 more, imdb.animated-title-sequence, imdb.based-on-novel, tmdb.chair, imdb.priest, imdb.lion-tamer, imdb.havana-cuba, imdb.cuban-revolution, imdb.clown, imdb.circus, imdb.auction, imdb.remake, aspectratio.1-66-1