The Armchair and the Grand Duchess
1943 · 1h 3m · N/A
Comedy
Directed by
Carlos Schlieper
Overview
A Russian duke who's fallen on hard times tries to recover a stash of jewels hidden inside an armchair, but the chair gets sold at auction to a millionairess and he's forced to marry her in order to retrieve the treasure.
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