List of works

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.

  1. 1933 - Dvanact kresel, Poland/Tsjechoslovakia.
    director Martin Fric, Michal Waszynski
  2. 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).
  3. 1938 - Dreizehn Stühle , Austria [Germany]
    director: E.W. Emo
    Hans Moser, Annie Rosar, Inge List en Heinz Ruhmann as barber (Bender).
  4. 1939 - L'Eredita in Corsa, Italy
    director Oreste Biancoli
  5. 1945 - It's in the Bag!, U.S.A.
    director Richard Wallace
  6. 1945 - Tretton stolar, Sweden.
    director Bцrje Larsson
  7. 1954 - Sju svarta be-hе, Sweden [free adaptation of the book]
    director Gösta Bernhard / Dirch Passer in the role of Bender
  8. 1957 - Das Glück liegt auf der Strasse, Germany
    director Franz Antel(Francois Legrand) / Walter Giller als Ostap Bender.
  9. 1958 - Treize Cadeiras, Brazil
    director Franz Eichhorn
  10. 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.
  11. 1966 - Двенадцать стульев (Dvenadtsat stulyev), USSR. [TV-drama]
    director Alexandr Belinski / Igor Gorbatsjov as Ostap Bender.
  12. 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)
  13. 1970 - The twelve chairs, U.S.A./ 94 min.
    director Mel Brooks
    Frank Langella(Bender), Dom DeLuise, Ron Moody, Mel Brooks.
  14. 1971 - Двенадцать стульев (Dvenadtsat stulyev), USSR
    director Leonid Gadai
    Archil Gomiashvili as Bender.
  15. 1971 - Agapisa mia... polithrona, Greece
    director Dinos Dimopoulos
  16. 1972 - Rabe, Pilz und dreizehn Stuhle, Germany [tv-serial in 2 parts]
    director Franz Marischka
    Helmut Fцrnbacher as Bender.
  17. 1977 - Двенадцать стульев (Dvenadtsat stulyev), USSR. [TV musical in 4 parts]
    director Mark Zacharov
    Andrej Mironov as Bender.
  18. 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)
  19. 2003 - Двенадцать стульев (Dvenadtsat stulyev), Russian Federation. (musical)
    director Tigran Keosajan
    Dzjemal Tetroeasjvili as Bender
  20. 2004 - Zwölf Stühle, Germany.
    198 min/35 mm color and as TV series (7x30min).
    director Ulrike Ottinger
    Georgi Delijew as Ostap Bender
  21. 2005 - Двенадцать стульев (Dvenadtsat stulyev), Russian Federation. [mini TV series for Channel 1, Russia]
    director Maksim Papernik
    Nikolaj Fomenko als Bender.
  22. 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)]



caricature



© 2006-2010 www.mijn-eigen-website.nl