The Prisoner of Zenda

The most thrilling swordfight ever filmed...

  • Rated 7.5 out of 10
  • Movie
  • 1937
  • 1h 41m
  • Romance
  • Adventure

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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Director
John Cromwell
Starring
Ronald Colman, Madeleine Carroll, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Mary Astor

Cast

  • Ronald Colman

    Ronald Colman

    Major Rudolf Rassendyll / The Prisoner of Zenda

  • Madeleine Carroll

    Madeleine Carroll

    Princess Flavia

  • Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

    Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

    Rupert of Hentzau

  • Mary Astor

    Mary Astor

    Antoinette de Mauban

  • C. Aubrey Smith

    C. Aubrey Smith

    Colonel Zapt

  • David Niven

    David Niven

    Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim

  • Raymond Massey

    Raymond Massey

    Black Michael

  • Montagu Love

    Montagu Love

    Detchard

  • Philip Sleeman

    Philip Sleeman

    Albert von Lauengram

  • Eleanor Wesselhoeft

    Frau Holf the Cook

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