The Thirteen Chairs
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| Based on | Dvenadtsat stulyev (The Twelve Chairs) by Ilya Ilf and Yevgeni Petrov |
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| Cinematography | Giuseppe Ruzzolini |
| Edited by | Giancarlo Cappelli |
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| Distributed by | NPF Planfilm |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
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| Languages | English, italian |
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.