The Prisoner of Zenda
The Prisoner of Zenda (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.
Top 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
Eleanor Wesselhoeft
As Frau Holf the Cook
Genres
Director
John Cromwell
Budget / Revenue
$1.3M / $5.0M
