The Thirteen Chairs (1969)

Original title

12 + 1

Directed by

Luciano Lucignani, Nicolas Gessner

Genre

comedy film

Country

France, Italy

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

R

Rating

5.3 of 10 from 31 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man learns that a set of chairs contains hidden jewels and races against other people to find them. The hunt leads to a series of increasingly frantic and absurd situations.

lightheartedwhimsicalcomicfast-pacedquirkyzanyplayfulchaotic

What happens

The Thirteen Chairs (French: 12 + 1; Italian: Una su 13) is a 1969 comedy film directed by Nicolas Gessner and Luciano Lucignani and starring Sharon Tate, Vittorio Gassman and Orson Welles, and featuring Vittorio De Sica, Terry-Thomas, Mylène Demongeot, Grégoire Aslan, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Lionel Jeffries. The film is based on the 1928 satirical novel The Twelve Chairs by Soviet authors Ilf and Petrov, which has been adapted many times (including a 1970 version directed by Mel Brooks). The plot follows increasingly desperate attempts to obtain valuable gems which were hidden in a set of chairs. It was Tate's last film before she and four others were murdered at her home by followers of Charles Manson. The film was released posthumously. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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