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03/09/1937 Romance, Adventure, Drama 1h 41m
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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.

  1. Edward E. Rose

    Writer

  2. John Cromwell

    Director

  3. Sidney Howard

    Writer

  4. Ben Hecht

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Ronald Colman

    Major Rudolf Rassendyll / The Prisoner of Zenda

  2. Madeleine Carroll

    Princess Flavia

  3. Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

    Rupert of Hentzau

  4. Mary Astor

    Antoinette de Mauban

  5. C. Aubrey Smith

    Colonel Zapt

  6. David Niven

    Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim

  7. Raymond Massey

    Black Michael

  8. Montagu Love

    Detchard

  9. Philip Sleeman

    Albert von Lauengram

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-06-20
Ronald Colman probably wishes he'd chosen another fishing venue as his "Maj. Rassendyll" arrives in the tiny kingdom of Ruritania just as it's king is about to be crowned. He might have suspected something when his border greeting seemed a bit formal, but a wander in the woods puts him face to face with the King - his doppelgänger if ever there was one. He is invited back to the hunting lodge for a glass or two and next thing he is rudely woken in the morning by the king's aide "Zapt" (Sir C. Aubrey Smith) and informed that the wine was drugged and nothing is going to wake the king anytime so...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$1,250,000.00

Revenue
$5,000,000.00

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