Adaptations of The Twelve Chairs
The following is a list of film adaptations of Двенадцать стульев.
It is a result of research by Tom d'Angremond and Edwin Trommelen,
who kindly gave me permission to publish it here.
Any suggestions are of course welcome.
- 1933 - Dvanact kresel, Poland/Tsjechoslovakia.
director Martin Fric, Michal Waszynski
- 1937 - Keep your seats, please, U.K. [musical]
director Monty Banks
George Formby (Bender), Florence Desmond, Gus McNaughton, Harry Tate, Alistair Sim,
Fiona Stewart (credited as 'Binkie' Stewart).
- 1938 - Dreizehn Stühle , Austria [Germany]
director: E.W. Emo
Hans Moser, Annie Rosar, Inge List en Heinz Ruhmann as barber (Bender).
- 1939 - L'Eredita in Corsa, Italy
director Oreste Biancoli
- 1945 - It's in the Bag!, U.S.A.
director Richard Wallace
- 1945 - Tretton stolar, Sweden.
director Bцrje Larsson
- 1954 - Sju svarta be-hе, Sweden [free adaptation of the book]
director Gösta Bernhard / Dirch Passer in the role of Bender
- 1957 - Das Glück liegt auf der Strasse, Germany
director Franz Antel(Francois Legrand) / Walter Giller als Ostap Bender.
- 1958 - Treize Cadeiras, Brazil
director Franz Eichhorn
- 1962 - Las doce sillas, Cuba, 94 Minuten, black/white
director Tomбs Gutiйrrez Alea / Enrique Santiesteban(Bender), Reynaldo Miravalles a.o.
Spanish, German dub and English subtitles.
- 1966 - Двенадцать стульев (Dvenadtsat stulyev), USSR. [TV-drama]
director Alexandr Belinski / Igor Gorbatsjov as Ostap Bender.
- 1969 - The 13 Chairs [also known as: "12+1" and "One out of thirteen"], Italy
director Nicolas Gessner/Luciano Lucignani
with Vittorio Gassman, Orson
Welles, Vittorio de Sica en Sharon Tate (her last role)
- 1970 - The twelve chairs, U.S.A./ 94 min.
director Mel Brooks
Frank Langella(Bender), Dom DeLuise, Ron Moody, Mel Brooks.
- 1971 - Двенадцать стульев (Dvenadtsat stulyev), USSR
director Leonid Gadai
Archil Gomiashvili as Bender.
- 1971 - Agapisa mia... polithrona, Greece
director Dinos Dimopoulos
- 1972 - Rabe, Pilz und dreizehn Stuhle, Germany [tv-serial in 2 parts]
director Franz Marischka
Helmut Fцrnbacher as Bender.
- 1977 - Двенадцать стульев (Dvenadtsat stulyev), USSR. [TV musical in 4 parts]
director Mark Zacharov
Andrej Mironov as Bender.
- 1996 - Mein Opa und die 13 Stühle, Austria, 90 min. [tv adaptation for children]
director Helmuth Lohner
main roles Otto Schenk, Tobias Moretti
(Emo remake)
- 2003 - Двенадцать стульев (Dvenadtsat stulyev), Russian Federation. (musical)
director Tigran Keosajan
Dzjemal Tetroeasjvili as Bender
- 2004 - Zwölf Stühle, Germany.
198 min/35 mm color and as TV series (7x30min).
director Ulrike Ottinger
Georgi Delijew as Ostap Bender
- 2005 - Двенадцать стульев (Dvenadtsat stulyev), Russian Federation.
[mini TV series for Channel 1, Russia]
director Maksim Papernik
Nikolaj Fomenko als Bender.
- 2011 - The twelve chairs, Iran [currently (end of 2011) in production]
director Esmael Barari [see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twelve_Chairs_(2011_film)]