Film · Adventure, Romance
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.
- Director
- John Cromwell
- Writers
- John L. Balderston, Wells Root, Edward E. Rose
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Release date
- September 3, 1937
Cast
Ronald ColmanMajor Rudolf Rassendyll / The Prisoner of Zenda
Madeleine CarrollPrincess Flavia
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.Rupert of Hentzau
Mary AstorAntoinette de Mauban
C. Aubrey SmithColonel Zapt
David NivenCaptain Fritz von Tarlenheim
Raymond MasseyBlack Michael
Montagu LoveDetchard
Philip SleemanAlbert von Lauengram- Eleanor WesselhoeftFrau Holf the Cook
Torben MeyerMax the Butler
Wilhelm von BrinckenKrafstein (uncredited)
Ben WebsterLord Topham (uncredited)
Byron FoulgerJohann (uncredited)
Charles K. FrenchBishop (uncredited)
