The Prisoner of Zenda
movie
The most thrilling swordfight ever filmed...
Released September 03, 1937
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.
Cast
Ronald Colman
as
Major Rudolf Rassendyll / The Prisoner of Zenda
Madeleine Carroll
as
Princess Flavia
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
as
Rupert of Hentzau
Mary Astor
as
Antoinette de Mauban
C. Aubrey Smith
as
Colonel Zapt
David Niven
as
Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim
Raymond Massey
as
Black Michael
Montagu Love
as
Detchard
Philip Sleeman
as
Albert von Lauengram
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Eleanor Wesselhoeft
as
Frau Holf the Cook
Torben Meyer
as
Max the Butler
Wilhelm von Brincken
as
Krafstein (uncredited)
Crew
David O. Selznick
as
Producer
John L. Balderston
as
Screenplay
Anthony Hope
as
Novel
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Edward E. Rose
as
Writer
Donald Ogden Stewart
as
Additional Dialogue
John Cromwell
as
Director
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Wells Root
as
Adaptation
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Ernest Dryden
as
Costume Design
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James E. Newcom
as
Editor
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Lyle R. Wheeler
as
Art Direction
James Wong Howe
as
Director of Photography
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Bert Glennon
as
Director of Photography