The Thirteen Chairs
1969 film by Nicolas Gessner and Luciano Lucignani / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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. It 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).
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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 |
It was Tate's last film before she, along with three friends, were murdered by followers of Charles Manson. She was eight months pregnant with her son by her husband Roman Polanski. The film was released posthumously.