The Prisoner of Zenda

Sep 3, 1937

1h 41m

★ 7.5

The most thrilling swordfight ever filmed...

Overview

A kingdom's ascending heir, marked for assassination, switches identities with a lookalike, who takes his place at the coronation. When the real king is kidnapped, his followers try to find him, while the stand-in falls in love with the king's intended bride, the beautiful Princess Flavia.

Genres

Romance

Adventure

Drama

Production Companies

Selznick International Pictures

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Cast

Major Rudolf Rassendyll / The Prisoner of Zenda

Ronald Colman

Princess Flavia

Madeleine Carroll

Rupert of Hentzau

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Antoinette de Mauban

Mary Astor

Colonel Zapt

C. Aubrey Smith

Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim

David Niven

Black Michael

Raymond Massey

Detchard

Montagu Love

Albert von Lauengram

Philip Sleeman

Frau Holf the Cook

Eleanor Wesselhoeft

Max the Butler

Torben Meyer

Krafstein (uncredited)

Wilhelm von Brincken

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