The Prisoner of Zenda
1937 · TMDB 7.5
Directed by John Cromwell
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.
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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.
Same director
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Released
- 1937-09-03
- Studio
- Selznick International Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Language
- French
- TMDB score
- 7.5
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Key contributors
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John Cromwell
Director
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John L. Balderston
Writer
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Edward E. Rose
Writer
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Sidney Howard
Writer
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Ben Hecht
Writer
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Ronald Colman
Major Rudolf Rassendyll / The Prisoner of Zenda
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Madeleine Carroll
Princess Flavia
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Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Rupert of Hentzau
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Mary Astor
Antoinette de Mauban
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C. Aubrey Smith
Colonel Zapt
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David Niven
Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim
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Raymond Massey
Black Michael