The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
The most thrilling swordfight ever filmed...
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.
- Date of release
- 1937-09-03
- TMDB
- 7.5 / 10 (62)
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Genres
- Romance, Adventure
- Director
- John Cromwell
Casting
- Ronald Colman — Major Rudolf Rassendyll / The Prisoner of Zenda
- Madeleine Carroll — Princess Flavia
- Douglas Fairbanks Jr. — Rupert of Hentzau
- Mary Astor — Antoinette de Mauban
- C. Aubrey Smith — Colonel Zapt
- David Niven — Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim
- Raymond Massey — Black Michael
- Montagu Love — Detchard
- Philip Sleeman — Albert von Lauengram
- Eleanor Wesselhoeft — Frau Holf the Cook
- Torben Meyer — Max the Butler
- Wilhelm von Brincken — Krafstein (uncredited)
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