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13 Chairs

1938 · 92 min

A light, briskly paced comedy of errors with a gentle satirical edge, easy to watch and mildly amusing.

Overview
A classical art junk dealer and an almost bankrupt hairdresser who unexpectedly makes an inheritance go hunting behind thirteen chairs from which of a 100,000 DM contains which the rich aunt has hidden there.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • greed
  • family
  • class
  • deception
  • ambition
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour7
Realism6
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
E.W. Emo
Written by
Per Schwenzen, E.W. Emo
Starring
Heinz Rühmann, Hans Moser, Annie Rosar, Inge List, Hedwig Bleibtreu, Menta Egies, Karl Skraup, Alfred Neugebauer
Cinematography
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Runtime
92 min
Country
Germany
Languages
German

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