---
title: 'Thirteen Chairs (1938)'
type: 'film'
director: 'E. W. Emo'
released: '1938-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 87
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Nazi Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/thirteen-chairs-1938'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029831/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Thirteen Chairs (1938)

1938 · 87 min · Comedy · Nazi Germany

Original title: Dreizehn Stühle

## Synopsis

Thirteen Chairs is a 1938 German comedy film directed by E. W. Emo and starring Heinz Rühmann, Hans Moser and Inge List. It is based on the 1928 novel The Twelve Chairs by Ilf and Petrov, one of numerous adaptations of the work. It was shot at the Terra Studios in Berlin and on location in Vienna. The film's sets were designed by the art director Julius von Borsody.

## Credits

- **Director:** [E. W. Emo](https://cinepixo.com/people/e-w-emo)
- **Screenplay:** [Per Schwenzen](https://cinepixo.com/people/per-schwenzen)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Nico Dostal](https://cinepixo.com/people/nico-dostal)
- **Director of Photography:** [Eduard Hoesch](https://cinepixo.com/people/eduard-hoesch)
- **Editor:** [Munni Obal](https://cinepixo.com/people/munni-obal)

## Cast

- [Vienna Boys' Choir](https://cinepixo.com/people/vienna-boys-choir)
- [Josefine Kramer-Glöckner](https://cinepixo.com/people/josefine-kramer-glockner)
- [Rudolf Carl](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudolf-carl)
- [Alfred Neugebauer](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-neugebauer)
- [Ferdinand Maierhofer](https://cinepixo.com/people/ferdinand-maierhofer)
- [Karl Günther](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-gunther)
- [Hedwig Bleibtreu](https://cinepixo.com/people/hedwig-bleibtreu)
- [Louise Kartousch](https://cinepixo.com/people/louise-kartousch)
- [Hans Unterkircher](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-unterkircher)
- [Richard Eybner](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-eybner)
- [Karl Skraup](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-skraup)
- [Karl Ehmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-ehmann)
- [Hans Moser](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-moser)
- [Inge List](https://cinepixo.com/people/inge-list)
- [Annie Rosar](https://cinepixo.com/people/annie-rosar)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/thirteen-chairs-1938
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