THE PRISONER OF ZENDA (1937)
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The Prisoner of Zenda
The most thrilling swordfight ever filmed...
Romance, Adventure, Drama
September 3, 1937
English
1h 41m
United States
Selznick International Pictures
$1,250,000
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 & Characters
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)
Ben Webster
Lord Topham (uncredited)
Byron Foulger
Johann (uncredited)
Charles K. French
Bishop (uncredited)
Crew
John Cromwell
Director
Edward E. Rose
Writer
Sidney Howard
Writer
Ben Hecht
Writer
Anthony Hope
Novel
John L. Balderston
Screenplay
Alfred Newman
Original Music Composer
Bert Glennon
Director of Photography
James Wong Howe
Director of Photography
David O. Selznick
Producer