Thirteen Chairs (1938 film)

Thirteen Chairs
German DVD cover
German	Dreizehn Stühle
Directed by	E. W. Emo
Written by	E. W. Emo Per Schwenzen
Based on	The Twelve Chairs by Ilya Ilf Yevgeny Petrov
Produced by	Hans Tost E. W. Emo
Starring	Heinz Rühmann Hans Moser Inge List
Cinematography	Eduard Hoesch
Edited by	Munni Obal
Music by	Nico Dostal
Production company	Emo-Film
Distributed by	Terra Film
Release date	18 October 1938 (1938-10-18)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Thirteen Chairs (German: Dreizehn Stühle) is a 1938 German comedy film directed by E. W. Emo and starring Heinz Rühmann, Hans Moser and Inge List.^[1][2] It is based on the 1928 novel The Twelve Chairs by Ilf and Petrov, one of numerous adaptations of the work.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Julius von Borsody. It was shot at the Terra Studios in Berlin and on location in Vienna.

Plot

A barber shop owner travels to Vienna to receive his inheritance from his late aunt. However, it appears all she has left him are thirteen old chairs. Needing to raise enough money to pay for his ticket back home, he sells them to a second-hand dealer. Only then does he discover a letter from his aunt telling him she has left 100,000 ℛ︁ℳ︁ sewn into one of the chairs. He now sets out to track down the various new owners of the chairs to find the hidden money.

Cast

• Heinz Rühmann as hairdresser Felix Rabe
• Hans Moser as rag-and-bone man Alois Hofbauer
• Annie Rosar as Karoline
• Inge List as Lilly Walter
• Hedwig Bleibtreu as Head Nurse in the House of Wise Men
• Clementia Egies [de] as friend
• Karl Skraup as furniture store owner
• Alfred Neugebauer as Eberhardt
• Maria Waldner as Frau Eberhardt
• Rudolf Carl as Doorman at the Lerchengasse

References

1. Hobsch, Manfred; Stadler, Franz (2015). Die Kunst der Filmkomödie Band 2: 1.000 Filmkomödien (in German). Frankenthal: Mühlbeyer Filmbuchverlag. p. 260. ISBN 978-3945378229.
2. von Dassanowsky, Robert (2007). Austrian Cinema: A History. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. p. 78. ISBN 978-0786437337.

External links

• Thirteen Chairs at IMDb