This is the first known adaptation of the soviet novel "The Twelve Chairs" by Ilya Ilf and Yevgeniy Petrov. The basic idea from this movie, in which a barber and an antiquary were seeking money sewed in one of a group of chair, was later reused for other official and unofficial adaptions of the book, including "13 Stühle (1938)", "L'eredità in Corsa (1939)", "Treze Cadeiras (1957)", "12+1 (1969)", "Mein Opa und die 13 Stühle (1997)" and many others. Most of these movies were also using 13 chairs instead of 12, borrowing also the new ending from "13 Stühle (1938)", another adaptation of the novel.
The first Czech-Polish co-production.
First ever Czech-Polish co-production film.
While the original premiere running time was 83 minutes, the film was later airing on television in a significantly shortened 66-minute version. This is due to irreparable damage to part of the original film stock.