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The Prisoner of Zenda(1937)

The most thrilling swordfight ever filmed...

7.5(61)1h 41m1937-09-03

RomanceAdventureDrama

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.

Director:: John Cromwell
Writers:: Anthony Hope, John L. Balderston, Edward E. Rose
Producers:: David O. Selznick
Cinematographer:: James Wong Howe
Composer:: Alfred Newman
Production:: Selznick International Pictures
Budget:: $1,250,000
Revenue:: $5,000,000
Status:: Released

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Cast

Ronald Colman

Ronald Colman

Major Rudolf Rassendyll / The Prisoner of Zenda

Madeleine Carroll

Madeleine Carroll

Princess Flavia

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Rupert of Hentzau

Mary Astor

Mary Astor

Antoinette de Mauban

C. Aubrey Smith

C. Aubrey Smith

Colonel Zapt

David Niven

David Niven

Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim

Raymond Massey

Raymond Massey

Black Michael

Montagu Love

Montagu Love

Detchard

Philip Sleeman

Philip Sleeman

Albert von Lauengram

Eleanor Wesselhoeft

Eleanor Wesselhoeft

Frau Holf the Cook

Torben Meyer

Torben Meyer

Max the Butler

Wilhelm von Brincken

Wilhelm von Brincken

Krafstein (uncredited)