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The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
Directed by John Cromwell
“The most thrilling swordfight ever filmed...”
Romance, Adventure · 1h 41m
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
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
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Eleanor Wesselhoeft
Frau Holf the Cook
Torben Meyer
Max the Butler
Wilhelm von Brincken
Krafstein (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- John Cromwell
- Screenplay
- John L. Balderston
- Writer
- Edward E. Rose, Sidney Howard, Ben Hecht
- Novel
- Anthony Hope
- Director of Photography
- James Wong Howe, Bert Glennon
- Original Music Composer
- Alfred Newman
- Editor
- James E. Newcom
- Producer
- David O. Selznick
Details
- Release date
- 1937-09-03
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Genres
- Romance, Adventure
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- French, English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Selznick International Pictures
- Budget
- $1,250,000
- Box office
- $5,000,000