The Prisoner of Zenda
56 reviews
Romance/Adventure
1h 41m
1937
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...
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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.
- DirectorJohn Cromwell
- Release3 September 1937
- Genre
- Duration1h 41m
- Budget$1,250,000
- Revenue$5,000,000
- Rate56 reviews
- Productions
Selznick International Pictures
Cast

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

Torben Meyer
Max the Butler

Wilhelm von Brincken
Krafstein (uncredited)

Ben Webster
Lord Topham (uncredited)

Byron Foulger
Johann (uncredited)

Charles K. French
Bishop (uncredited)
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