- Actors: Enrique Santiesteban, Reynaldo Miravalles, René Sánchez, Pilín Vallejo, Idalberto Delgado
- Directors: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
- Writers: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Ilya Ilf, Ugo Ulive, Yevgeni Petrov
- Producers: Margarita Alexandre
- Format: Black & White, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC, Import
- Language: Spanish
- Subtitles: English
- Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
- Number of discs: 1
- MPAA Rating:
- Studio: Sma Distribution
- Release Date: Feb 20 2007
- Run Time: 94 minutes
- ASIN: B000KP62LQ
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Ilf & Petrov, Cuban Style, Dec 6 2011
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Considering that the 1928 Russian novel by Ilf & Petrov has been updated to 1960 Cuba, LOS DOCE SILLAS (as it is called in its native language) is a surprisingly faithful transposition (sometimes a shocking one, as if to make the point that living under the regimes of 1920s Russia or 1960 Cuba is not so different). Indeed, this may be the most faithful version of THE TWELVE CHAIRS not set in Russia (the novel has been adapted for film and TV an astonishing number of times -- along with its sequel THE LITTLE GOLDEN CALF aka THE GOLDEN CALF -- but very few of those films have achieved the awareness of Western world viewers). And upon viewing LOS DOCE SILLAS, one gets the feeling that Mel Brooks took inspiration from it for his own adaptation (his second, least known, film, which was set in Russia and relatively faithful) released in 1970. This isn't a brilliant film, nor quite as sharp and polished as the Mel Brooks interpretation, but it's certainly a very good one. (For brilliant film adaptations of the Ilf & Petrov books, try to locate the black and white 1968 Russian movie of THE LITTLE GOLDEN CALF aka ZOLOTOY TELENOK [you can find a subtitled, downloadable version online] and the color 1971 Russian film of THE TWELVE CHAIRS aka 12 STULYEV [this is a little harder to find, and you'll need to download some poor subtitle files separately ... but it is SO worth the effort]. For those familiar with the books and patient enough to sit through hours of UNsubtitled film, the 1977 4-part Russian miniseries 12 STULYEV and the 2006 8-part Russian miniseries ZOLOTOY TELENOK are more readily available on DVD and very highly recommended too.)
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